Tampa is the name of the primary municipality in Hillsborough County.
Tampa Bay is the name of the body of water that separates the City of Tampa from Clearwater and St Petersburg FL.
Tampa Bay is also a reference to the Tampa Bay Area which includes the afore mentioned cities and the surrounding suburbs.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are located in Tampa, and the Tampa Bay Rays are in St Pete, but all share the name and common geography.
About 1900 miles
No, it is south of Tampa.
What is the distance between tampa, FL and Charlotte NC
~80 miles.
Approximately 930 miles.
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The distance between Greenville SC and Tampa FL is about 567 road miles.
The driving distance is 106 miles.
The driving distance between Fort Lauderdale, FL and Tampa, FL is approximately 265 miles.
200 miles
112 miles
The shortest driving distance is 1,067 miles. (1,718km).It is 1,111.83 miles according to MapQuest.