Who is the island named after on which the city Anna Maria is located?
Anna Maria, Florida Anna Maria, is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,814 at the 2000 census. According to the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau's estimates, the city grew slightly to 1,867. The city occupies the northern part of Anna Maria Island and is one of three municipalities on the island. The others are Holmes Beach in the center and Bradenton Beach in the south.
Nature Park of Santa Maria The Nature Park of Santa Maria (Portuguese: "Parque Natural de Santa Maria" ), or simply or "Santa Maria Nature Park" (PNSM) developed from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Santa Maria, and was instituted by the "Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar" ("Regional Secretariate for the Environment and Oceans"), of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores. Several natural landscapes were preserved and their use conditioned in order to foster conservation and support endemic flora and fauna species, as well as provide communal forms of recreation and nature interpretation.