Sunrise

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City of Sunrise
City
Coordinates: 26°9′26″N 80°17′10″WCoordinates: 26°9′26″N 80°17′10″W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Broward
Incorporated as Sunrise Golf Village (city)	June 22, 1961[1]
Incorporated as Sunrise (city)	March 2, 1971
Government
• Type	Commission-Manager
• Mayor	Michael J. Ryan
• Vice Mayor	Donald K. Rosen
• Commissioners	Lawrence A. Sofield, Neil C. Kerch, and Joseph A. Scuotto
• City Manager	Richard Salamon
• City Clerk	Felicia M. Bravo
Area
• Total	18.4 sq mi (47.7 km2)
• Land	18.2 sq mi (47.1 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)  1.25%
Elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population (2012)
• Total	88,843
• Density	4,800/sq mi (1,900/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	33300-33399
Area code(s)	954, 754
FIPS code	12-69700
GNIS feature ID	0291850[2]
Website	http://www.sunrisefl.gov

Sunrise is a city in central-western Broward County, Florida, United States, in the Miami metropolitan area. It was incorporated in 1961 by Norman Johnson – a developer whose World Famous Upside-Down House attracted buyers to what was then a remote area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,439. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.