Port Tampa | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USA_Florida_location_map.svg)  Port Tampa Location within the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 27°52′N 82°32′W / 27.867°N 82.533°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Hillsborough |
| City | Tampa |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Port Tampa is a neighborhood in the southwestern most portion within the city limits of Tampa, Florida, on the western end of the Interbay Peninsula where the main port used to be. Within this neighborhood is Picnic Island Park as well as West Shore Elementary school.
It is sometimes confused with Port Tampa Bay (formerly the Port of Tampa), Tampa's larger port area near downtown on the northern end of Hillsborough Bay. As most of it being a historical district, it used to be a impoverished neighborhood with ghettos, projects, trailer parks & section-8 homes, the city has been gentrifying in the recent years. Also known as PT, PTC, or Port Tampa City.