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| Country |  United States of America | ||
| State |  Florida | ||
| County |  Miami-Dade | ||
| Incorporated | July 28, 1896 | ||
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| - Type | Mayor-Commissioner Plan | ||
| - Mayor | Manny Diaz (I) | ||
| - City Manager | Pedro G. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the ImageFlorida counties mappng|thumb|right|400px|Florida counties (clickable map poly 42 38 86 40 79 44 74 47 71 55 69 69 74 72 76 87 77 90 87 97 87 102 87 108 78 111 77 115 80 117 Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Manuel Alberto Diaz (November 5 1954 in Havana Cuba) is the current mayor of Miami, Florida. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government Hernandez | ||
| - City Attorney | Julie O. Bru | ||
| - City Clerk | Priscilla Thompson | ||
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| - City | 55. The municipal clerk along with the tax collector is the oldest of public servants Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status 27 sq mi (143. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 15 km²) | ||
| - Land | 35. To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² 68 sq mi (92. 42 km²) | ||
| - Water | 19. 59 sq mi (50. 73 km²) | ||
| - Metro | 6,137 sq mi (15,896 km²) | ||
| Elevation | 6 ft (2 m) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 404,048 | ||
| - Density | 11,554/sq mi (4,407. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 4/km²) | ||
| - Urban | 5,463,857 | ||
| - Metro | 5,919,036 | ||
| - Demonym | Miamian | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 305, 786 | ||
| FIPS code | 12-45000[1] | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0295004[2] | ||
| Website: http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/ | |||
Miami (pronounced maɪˈæmi or maɪˈæmə) is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 305 was the single original Area code in the state of Florida, and still currently serves all of Miami-Dade County and the part of Monroe Area code 305 was the single original Area code in the state of Florida, and still currently serves all of Miami-Dade County and the part of Monroe Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida. A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida With a population of over 404,048, Miami is the largest city within the Miami metropolitan area, which is the fourth-largest urban area in the United States with over 5. 59 million residents. [3]
Miami is ranked as a global city[4] for its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade. The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Commerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people The arts is a broad subdivision of Culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. International trade is exchange of Capital, Goods, and Services across International borders or Territories. The city is home to many company headquarters, banks, and television studios. It is an international center for popular entertainment in television, music, fashion, film and the performing arts. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence The city's Port of Miami is known for accommodating the largest volume of cruise ships in the world and is home to many cruise line headquarters. The Port of Miami is a Seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. A cruise line is a company that operates Cruise ships Cruise lines have a dual character they are partly in the transportation business and partly in the leisure Miami is also home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States. Miami’s economic, cultural, and linguistic ties to the Americas and the Caribbean make Miami an important center of the Hispanic world. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The term Hispanophone ( hispanoparlante, hispanohablante or hispanófono, in Spanish) denotes Spanish-speakers and relation to the Spanish-speaking
As of 2008, Miami is undergoing a large building boom with 24 skyscrapers that are expected to rise over 400 feet (122 m) currently under construction in the city. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper Miami’s skyline ranks third in the U. This list of tallest buildings in Miami ranks Skyscrapers in the U S. , behind New York City and Chicago, and 18th in the world according to the Almanac of Architecture and Design. This list of tallest buildings in New York City ranks Skyscrapers in the U This list of tallest buildings in Chicago ranks Skyscrapers by height in the U [5] The city currently has nine of the ten tallest skyscrapers in the state of Florida, with the tallest being the 789-foot (240 m) Four Seasons Hotel & Tower. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The Four Seasons Hotel Miami, also known as the Four Seasons Tower is a Skyscraper in Miami, Florida. [6]
In 2008, Miami was ranked as "America's Cleanest City" according to Forbes Magazine for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly [7] In 2008, Miami was also ranked the 3rd-richest city in the United States and the world's 22nd-richest city in a UBS study. UBS AG ( SWX: UBSN) is a diversified global financial services company with its main headquarters in Basel & Zürich, Switzerland [8]
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History
The Miami area was first inhabited for more than one thousand years by the Tequesta Indians, but was later claimed for Spain in 1566 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The area in which the city of Miami, Florida would later be founded by Europeans was inhabited for more than a thousand years by the Tequesta Indians The Tequesta (also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos) Native American tribe at the time of first European contact The Spanish Empire (Imperio Español was one of the largest Empires in history and one of the first Global empires In the 15th and 16th centuries Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ( February 15, 1519 - September 17, 1574) was a sixteenth century Spanish admiral and pirate hunter known most notably A Spanish mission was constructed one year later in 1567. A religious Mission or Mission station is a location for Missionary work In 1836, Fort Dallas was built, and the Miami area subsequently became a site of fighting during the Second Seminole War. Fort Dallas is a Ghost town that was located on the banks of the Miami River in what is now Downtown Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between various groups of Native Americans collectively known as
Miami holds the distinction of being the only major city in the United States founded by a woman, Julia Tuttle, who was a local citrus grower and a wealthy Cleveland native. For the Julia Tuttle Causeway see Interstate 195 (Florida. Julia DeForest (née Sturtevant Tuttle, (c Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state [9] The Miami area was better known as “Biscayne Bay Country” in the early years of its growth. Some published reports described the area as a promising wilderness. [10] The area was also characterized as “one of the finest building sites in Florida. ”[11] The Great Freeze of 1894-1895 hastened Miami's growth, as the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived. The Great Freeze refers to the winter of 1894 - 1895, especially in Florida where the brutally cold weather destroyed much of the nation's Citrus Julia Tuttle subsequently convinced Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, to expand his Florida East Coast Railroad to the region. Henry Morrison Flagler ( January 2 1830 &ndash May 20 1913) was an American tycoon, Real estate promoter The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U Miami was officially incorporated as a city on July 28, 1896 with a population of just over 300. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year [12]
Miami prospered during the 1920s with an increase in population and infrastructure but weakened after the collapse of the Florida land boom of the 1920s, the 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Florida land boom of the 1920s was Florida 's first Real estate bubble, which burst in 1925 leaving behind entire new cities and the remains of failed development The 1926 Miami Hurricane (or Great Miami Hurricane) was an intense hurricane that devastated Miami Florida in September 1926 When World War II began, Miami, well-situated due to its location on the southern coast of Florida, played an important role in the battle against German submarines. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers The war helped to expand Miami’s population; by 1940, 172,172 people lived in the city. After Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959, many Cubans sought refuge in Miami, further increasing the population. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la In the 1980s and 1990s, various crises struck South Florida, among them the Arthur McDuffie beating and the subsequent riot, drug wars, Hurricane Andrew, and the Elián González uproar. Arthur McDuffie (c 1946 - 1979 whose death at the hands of Miami-Dade police and the officers' subsequent acquittals caused one of the worst riots in United States Hurricane Andrew is the second most powerful and the last of three Category 5 hurricanes that made U The custody and Immigration status of a young Cuban boy Elián González (born December 6, 1993) was at the center of a heated controversy Nevertheless, in the latter half of the 20th century, Miami became a major international, financial, and cultural center.
Miami and its metropolitan area grew from just over one thousand residents to nearly five and a half million residents in just 110 years (1896-2006). The city’s nickname, The Magic City, comes from this rapid growth. Winter visitors remarked that the city grew so much from one year to the next that it was like magic. [13]
Geography
At only 35. Downtown Miami is the Central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. This list of tallest buildings in Miami ranks Skyscrapers in the U 68 square miles (92 km²) of land area, Miami has the smallest land area of any major U. S. city with a metro area of at least 2. 5 million people. The city proper is home to less than 1 in 13 residents of South Florida. Additionally, 52% of Miami-Dade County’s population doesn't live in any incorporated city. Miami is the only major city in the United States bordered by two national parks, Everglades National Park on the west, and Biscayne National Park on the east. Everglades National Park is a national park in the US state of Florida. Biscayne National Park is a US National Park located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead.
Miami and its suburbs are located on a broad plain between the Florida Everglades to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east that also extends from Florida Bay north to Lake Okeechobee. Everglades is also the name of a city in Collier County Florida Biscayne Bay ( Bahía Vizcaina, in Spanish) is a Lagoon that is approximately 35 miles (56 km long and up to 8 miles (13 km wide located on the Florida Bay is the shallow bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys. Lake Okeechobee, (IPA /okɪtʃobi/ locally referred to as The Lake or The Big O is a freshwater Lake in the U The elevation of the area never rises above 40 ft (12 m)[14] and averages at around 6 ft (2 m)[15] above mean sea level in most neighborhoods, especially near the coast. The highest undulations are found along the coastal Miami Rock Ridge, whose substrate underlies most of the eastern Miami metropolitan region. The Miami Rock Ridge is a continuous Limestone outcropping which formerly encompassed a large extent of far southern Florida, including portions of the Everglades The main portion of the city lies on the shores of Biscayne Bay which contains several hundred natural and artificially-created barrier islands, the largest of which contains Miami Beach and South Beach. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, This article is about the section of Miami Beach known as South Beach The Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current, runs northward just 15 miles (24. The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that An ocean current is continuous directed movement of Ocean water. 1 km) off the coast, allowing the city's climate to stay warm and mild all year.
Geology
The surface bedrock under the Miami area is called Miami oolite or Miami limestone. Oolite ( egg stone) is a Sedimentary rock formed from Ooids spherical grains composed of concentric layers Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 This bedrock is covered by a thin layer of soil, and is no more than 50 feet (15 m) thick. Miami limestone formed as the result of the drastic changes in sea level associated with recent glaciations or ice ages. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets Beginning some 130,000 years ago the Sangamon interglacial raised sea levels to approximately 25 feet (7. The Eemian interglacial era, now known as the Eemian Stage is temporally equivalent to the Sangamon Stage in North America, the Ipswichian Stage in 5 m. ) above the current level. All of southern Florida was covered by a shallow sea. Several parallel lines of reef formed along the edge of the submerged Florida plateau, stretching from the present Miami area to what is now the Dry Tortugas. In Geology and Earth science, a plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands located at the end of the Florida Keys, USA, about west of Key West, and west of the Marquesas Keys The area behind this reef line was in effect a large lagoon, and the Miami limestone formed throughout the area from the deposition of oolites and the shells of bryozoans. Oolite ( egg stone) is a Sedimentary rock formed from Ooids spherical grains composed of concentric layers Bryozoans are tiny colonial Animals that generally build stony Skeletons of Calcium carbonate, superficially similar to Coral (although some Starting about 100,000 years ago the Wisconsin glaciation began lowering sea levels, exposing the floor of the lagoon. "Last glacial" redirects here For the period of maximum glacier extent during this time see Last Glacial Maximum The last glacial period By 15,000 years ago, the sea level had dropped to 300 to 350 feet (110 m) below the contemporary level. The sea level rose quickly after that, stabilizing at the current level about 4000 years ago, leaving the mainland of South Florida just above sea level. Mainland is usually the Continental part of a region as opposed to the Islands nearby
Beneath the plain lies the Biscayne Aquifer,[17] a natural underground source of fresh water that extends from southern Palm Beach County to Florida Bay, with its highest point peaking around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah. The Miami River is a river in Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through downtown Miami, Florida. The Biscayne Aquifer, named after Biscayne Bay, is a Surficial aquifer. Palm Beach County is located in the state of Florida. As of 2007 the county had a population of 1351236 according to the University of Florida Bureau of Economic Florida Bay is the shallow bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys. Miami Springs is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Most of the South Florida metropolitan area obtains its drinking water from this aquifer. As a result of the aquifer, it is not possible to dig more than 15 to 20ft (4. 57 to 6. 1 m) beneath the city without hitting water, which impedes underground construction. For this reason there is no subway system in Miami.
Most of the western fringes of the city extend into the Everglades, a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U. Everglades is also the name of a city in Collier County Florida The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of In Geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of Wetland which is subject S. state of Florida. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the This causes occasional problems with local wildlife such as alligators venturing into Miami communities and major highways. The American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, (known colloquially as simply gator) is one of the two living Species of Alligator, a genus
In terms of land area, Miami is one of the smallest major cities in the United States. According to the US Census Bureau, the city encompasses a total area of 55. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 27 mi² (143. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 15 km²). Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Of that area, 35. 67 mi² (92. 68 km²) is land and 19. 59 mi² (50. 73 km²) is water. That means Miami comprises over 400,000 people in a mere 35 square miles (91 km²), making it one of the most densely populated cities in the United States, along with New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago among others. The City of New York The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Miami is located at . [18]
Climate
Miami has a true tropical climate (Köppen climate classification Aw),[19] with hot, humid summers, and warm, dry winters. A tropical climate is a kind of Climate typical in the Tropics. The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist The city does experience cold fronts from November through March. However, the average monthly temperature for any month has never been recorded as being under 64. 4 °F (January averages 67 °F). [20] Most of the year is warm and humid, and the summers are almost identical to the climate of the Caribbean tropics. In addition, the city gets most of its rain in the summer (wet season) and is relatively dry and cool in winter (dry season). The wet season, which is hot and humid, lasts from May to October, when it gives way to the dry season, which features mild temperatures with some invasions of colder air, which is when the little winter rainfall occurs — with the passing of a front. The hurricane season largely coincides with the wet season. The following is list of Atlantic hurricane seasons. The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year when hurricanes usually form in the Atlantic Ocean
In addition to its sea-level elevation, coastal location and position just above the Tropic of Cancer, the area owes its warm, humid climate to the Gulf Stream, which moderates climate year-round. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. For the novel by Henry Miller, see Tropic of Cancer (novel. The Tropic of Cancer, or Northern tropic, is one of five The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that A typical summer day does not have temperatures below 75 °F (24 °C). Temperatures in the high 80s to low 90s (30-35 °C) accompanied by high humidity are often relieved by afternoon thunderstorms or a sea breeze that develops off the Atlantic Ocean, which then allow lower temperatures, although conditions still remain very muggy. A sea-breeze (or onshore breeze) is a Wind from the sea that develops over land near coasts During winter, humidity is significantly lower, allowing for cooler weather to develop. Average minimum temperatures during that time are around 60 °F (15 °C), rarely dipping below 40 °F (4 °C), and the equivalent maxima usually range between 70 and 77 °F (19-24 °C).
Miami has never recorded a triple-digit temperature; the highest temperature recorded was 98 °F (37 °C). Temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold something that is hotter generally has the greater temperature [21]. The coldest temperature ever recorded in the city of Miami was 30 °F (-1 °C) on several occasions. Temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold something that is hotter generally has the greater temperature [22] Miami has only once recorded snowfall, on January 20, 1977. "Snowfall" redirects here For other uses see Snow (disambiguation or Snowfall (disambiguation. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Weather conditions for the area around Miami were recorded sporadically from 1839 until 1900, with many years-long gaps. A cooperative temperature and rainfall recording site was established in what is now Downtown in December, 1900. An official Weather Bureau Office was opened in Miami in June, 1911. The National Weather Service ( NWS) once known as the Weather Bureau is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [23]
Miami receives abundant rainfall, one of the highest among major U. S. cities. Most of this rainfall occurs from mid-May through early October. It receives annual rainfall of 58. 6 inches (1488 mm),[24] whereas nearby Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach receive 63. Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate Canal system is a city in Broward County, Florida, 8 in (1621 mm) and 48. 3 in (1227 mm), respectively, which demonstrates the high local variability in rainfall rates. Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30, although hurricanes can develop beyond those dates. A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats The most likely time for Miami to be hit is during the peak of the Cape Verde season which is mid-August through the end of September. A Cape Verde-type hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that develops near the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa. [25] Due to its location between two major bodies of water known for tropical activity, Miami is also statistically the most likely major city in the world to be struck by a hurricane, trailed closely by Nassau, Bahamas, and Havana, Cuba. Nassau is the Capital, largest city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Despite this, the city has been fortunate in not having a direct hit by a hurricane since Hurricane Cleo in 1964. Hurricane Cleo was the third named storm first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season. [26] However, many other hurricanes have affected the city, including Betsy in 1965, Andrew in 1992, Irene in 1999, and Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005. Hurricane Betsy was a powerful Hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Hurricane Andrew is the second most powerful and the last of three Category 5 hurricanes that made U Hurricane Irene was a hurricane that produced somewhat heavy damage across southern Florida during the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. In addition, a tropical depression in October of 2000 passed over the city, causing record rainfall and flooding. Locally, the storm is credited as the No Name Storm of 2000, though the depression went on to become Tropical Storm Leslie upon entering the Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Storm Leslie was the costliest Tropical cyclone of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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| Avg high °F (°C) | 76 (24) | 77 (25) | 80 (26) | 83 (28) | 86 (30) | 88 (31) | 89 (31) | 90 (32) | 88 (31) | 85 (29) | 80 (26) | 77 (25) | 83 (28) |
| Avg low temperature °F (°C) | 60 (15) | 61 (16) | 64 (17) | 68 (20) | 72 (22) | 75 (23) | 76 (24) | 76 (24) | 76 (24) | 72 (22) | 66 (18) | 61 (16) | 69 (20) |
| Rainfall in. (cm) | 2. 0 (5) | 2. 1 (5) | 2. 4 (6) | 3. 0 (7) | 5. 9 (14) | 8. 8 (22) | 6. 0 (15) | 7. 8 (19) | 8. 5 (21) | 7. 0 (17) | 3. 1 (7) | 1. 8 (4) | 58. 5 (148) |
| Source: Weatherbase | |||||||||||||
Neighborhoods
Miami is partitioned into many different sections, roughly into North, South, West and Downtown. The Barnacle Historic State Park is a five acre Florida State Park located on Biscayne Bay, at 3485 Main Highway Coconut Grove neighborhood of Coconut Grove, (originally spelled Cocoanut Grove) is a neighborhood located in the City of Miami, Florida in Miami-Dade County This is a list of neighboorhoods of the City of Miami in the U The heart of the city is Downtown Miami and is technically on the eastern side of the city. Downtown Miami is the Central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. This area includes Brickell, Virginia Key, Watson Island, and the Port of Miami. Brickell (pronounced "BRICK-uhl" is a neighborhood partly within Downtown Miami Florida. Virginia Key in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, is an Island lying in Biscayne Bay between Key Biscayne and Watson Island may refer to Watson Island Queensland, Australia Watson Island Miami Florida, United States The Port of Miami is a Seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. Downtown is South Florida's central business district, and home of many major banks, financial headquarters, cultural and tourist attractions, and high-rise residential towers. A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated A tourist attraction is a place of interest where Tourists visit typically for its inherent or exhibited cultural value historical significance natural or built beauty or A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or
The southern side of Miami includes Coral Way and Coconut Grove. Miami skyline 20080516png|thumb|center|800px|Partial view of the Midtown skyline with Downtown Miami to the left]] Midtown Miami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Miami Modernist Architecture or better known as MiMo, is a style of architecture from the 1950s and 1960s that originated in Miami Florida as a resort vernacular Coral Way is a primarily east-west street that begins in Downtown Miami in Florida. Coconut Grove, (originally spelled Cocoanut Grove) is a neighborhood located in the City of Miami, Florida in Miami-Dade County Coral Way is a historic residential neighborhood built in 1922 connecting Downtown with Coral Gables, and is home to many old homes and tree-lined streets. Coral Gables (sometimes referred to as The Gables) is a City in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Miami, in the United Coconut Grove was established in 1825 and is the location of Miami's City Hall in Dinner Key, the Coconut Grove Playhouse, CocoWalk, many nightclubs, bars, restaurants and bohemian shops, and as such, is very popular with local college students. Dinner Key is in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami Florida, adjacent to Biscayne Bay, at. The Coconut Grove Playhouse is a legitimate theater in Miami Florida, United States CocoWalk, is an open-air Shopping mall in Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami Florida, United States. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. The term bohemian, of French origin was first used in the English language in the nineteenth century to describe the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished Artists The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" It is a historic neighborhood with many parks and gardens such as Villa Vizcaya, The Kampong, The Barnacle Historic State Park, and home of the Coconut Grove Convention Center, many of the country's most prestigious private schools, and numerous historic homes and estates. Vizcaya is an estate or Villa in a North Italian sixteenth-century style on Biscayne Bay in Miami Florida, designed for James Deering as The Kampong is an 11 acre (32000 m² tropical garden in Coconut Grove, an area of the city of Miami Florida, USA. The Barnacle Historic State Park is a five acre Florida State Park located on Biscayne Bay, at 3485 Main Highway Coconut Grove neighborhood of
The western side of Miami includes Little Havana, West Flagler, and Flagami, and is home to many of the city's traditionally immigrant neighborhoods. Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana is a neighborhood and former Census-designated place in the city of Miami, with many Cuban immigrant Flagami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Florida roughly defined as the areas between Flagler Street and the Tamiami Trail west of Although at one time a mostly Jewish neighborhood, today western Miami is home to immigrants from mostly Central America and Cuba, while the west central neighborhood of Allapattah is a multicultural community of many ethnicities. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Allapattah is a neighborhood partly in the city of Miami, Florida, and partly in an adjacent unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, United The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the Demographics of a specified
The northern side of Miami includes Midtown, a district with a great mix of diversity with many West Indians, Hispanics, bohemians, artists, and Whites. Miami skyline 20080516png|thumb|center|800px|Partial view of the Midtown skyline with Downtown Miami to the left]] Midtown Miami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically The term bohemian, of French origin was first used in the English language in the nineteenth century to describe the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished Artists The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. Edgewater, and Wynwood, are neighborhoods of Midtown and are made up mostly of high-rise residential towers and are home to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Edgewater is a subdivision of the Midtown neighborhood in the city of Miami north of Downtown. Wynwoood, is a subdivision of Midtown in Miami Florida north of downtown. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, commonly called The Arsht Center, is Miami's largest Performing arts center and is located on Biscayne Boulevard The wealthier residents usually live in the northeastern part, in Midtown, the Design District, and the Upper East Side, with many sought after 1920s homes and home of the MiMo Historic District, a style of architecture originated in Miami in the 1950s. Wealth derives from the old English word "weal" which means "well-being The Miami Design District is a neighborhood north of Midtown in Miami Florida within the Buena Vista and southern extremity of Little Haiti For the part of New York City see Upper Eastside The Upper Eastside (alternatively spelled East Side and commonly referred to as the Northeast The neighborhood The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Miami Modernist Architecture or better known as MiMo, is a style of architecture from the 1950s and 1960s that originated in Miami Florida as a resort vernacular The northern side of Miami, also has notable African-American and Caribbean immigrant communities such as Little Haiti, Overtown (home of the Lyric Theater), and Liberty City. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Little Haiti or La Petite Haïti, is a neighborhood in the City of Miami, Florida. Overtown is located just northwest of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Overtown is located just northwest of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Liberty City is a neighborhood in northwest Miami Florida, within Miami's city limits
Culture
Entertainment and performing arts
Miami is home to many entertainment venues, theaters, museums, parks and performing arts centers. Miami skyline 20080516png|thumb|center|800px|Partial view of the Midtown skyline with Downtown Miami to the left]] Midtown Miami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, commonly called The Arsht Center, is Miami's largest Performing arts center and is located on Biscayne Boulevard The Miami Art Museum (MAM is an art museum located in Downtown Miami Florida, in the United States. The newest addition to the Miami arts scene is the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the second-largest performing arts center in the United States after the Lincoln Center in New York City, and is the home of the Florida Grand Opera. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, commonly called The Arsht Center, is Miami's largest Performing arts center and is located on Biscayne Boulevard The City of New York Florida Grand Opera (FGO, is the seventh oldest opera company in the United States currently in its 68th season In it, is the Ziff Ballet Opera House, the center's largest venue, the Knight Concert Hall, the Carnival Studio Theater and the Peacock Rehearsal Studio. The center attracts many large scale operas, ballets, concerts, and musicals from around the world and is Florida's grandest performing arts center. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Other performing arts centers in Miami include the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, the Coconut Grove Playhouse, the Fair Expo Center and the Bayfront Park Amphitheater for outdoor music events. The Olympia Theater and Office Building (also known as the Maurice Gusman Cultural Center) is a historic theater in Miami, Florida. The Coconut Grove Playhouse is a legitimate theater in Miami Florida, United States The Fair Expo Center is a Convention center located in Miami Florida, adjacent to the campus of Florida International University. Bayfront Park is a major public Urban park (32 Acres or.13 km² in Downtown Miami Florida.
The city is home to numerous museums as well, many of which are in Downtown. Downtown Miami is the Central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. These include the Frost Art Museum, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Lowe Art Museum, Miami Art Museum, Miami Children's Museum, Miami Science Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Wolfsonian-FIU Museum and the Miami Cultural Center, home of the Main Miami Library. The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum or simply known as the Frost Art Museum is a Florida International University museum located on-campus in University The Historical Museum of Southern Florida (HMSF is a historical Museum located in Miami, Florida, USA, which gives information about the The Lowe Art Museum is an Art museum located in Coral Gables Florida, a Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County. The Miami Art Museum (MAM is an art museum located in Downtown Miami Florida, in the United States. The Miami Children’s Museum is a Non-profit Educational institution located on Watson Island, in the city of Miami, Florida. The Miami Science Museum is an attraction located in the city of Miami Florida, USA. The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MoCA) is a Museum located in the heart of downtown North Miami Florida. Vizcaya is an estate or Villa in a North Italian sixteenth-century style on Biscayne Bay in Miami Florida, designed for James Deering as The Miami-Dade Public Library System is a system of libraries in Miami Florida and Miami-Dade County in the United States. Other popular cultural destinations in the area include Jungle Island, Miami MetroZoo, Miami Seaquarium, and parks and gardens in and around the city; there are over 80 parks in Miami. Jungle Island is an animal theme park in the city of Miami, Florida. Miami MetroZoo is the largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida. The Miami Seaquarium is an aquarium located on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay near downtown Miami Florida, USA. [27] The largest and most popular parks are Bayfront Park and Bicentennial Park (located in the heart of Downtown and the location of the American Airlines Arena and Bayside Marketplace), Tropical Park, Watson Island and Morningside Park. Bayfront Park is a major public Urban park (32 Acres or.13 km² in Downtown Miami Florida. Bicentennial Park is a major public Urban park (30 Acres or.12 km² in Downtown Miami Florida. The AmericanAirlines Arena is an Arena located in Downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay and is used for Basketball Bayside Marketplace is an indoor/outdoor marketplace located in Downtown Miami, just south of the AmericanAirlines Arena on Biscayne Bay Watson Island is an Island in Biscayne Bay, close to Downtown Miami, Florida. Morningside Park is a New York City public Park in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Miami is also a major fashion center, home to models and some of the top modeling agencies in the world. Miami is also host to many fashion shows and events, including the annual Miami Fashion Week and the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami held in the Wynwood Art District. New York Fashion Week, currently officially called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, is a semiannual Fashion week held in New York City. Wynwoood, is a subdivision of Midtown in Miami Florida north of downtown. [28]
Music
Miami music is varied. Latin Americans brought the conga and rumba to Miami from their homelands instantly popularizing it in American culture, as well as salsa music, bachata, merengue, vallenato. The conga is tall narrow single-headed Cuban Drum of African origin probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu Rumba is a dance organically related to the Rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The development of the culture of the United States of America — music, cinema, dance, architecture, literature, poetry Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Latin American Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad Bachata, a form of Music and Dance that originated in the countryside and the rural neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic. Vallenato, along with Cumbia, is presently the most popular Folk music of Colombia. West Indians and Caribbean people have brought reggae, soca, kompa, zouk, calypso, and steel pan to the area as well. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Soca is a form of Dance music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from Calypso music. Zouk is a style of rhythmic Music originating from the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Steelpans (also known as steeldrums or pans, and sometimes collectively with Musicians as a steelband) is a Musical instrument and
In the early-1970s, the Miami disco sound came to life with TK Records, featuring the music of KC and the Sunshine Band, with such hits as "Get Down Tonight", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "That's the Way (I Like It)"; and the Latin-American disco group, Foxy (band), with their hit singles "Get Off" and "Hot Number". Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define TK Records was one of the Record labels started by Henry Stone. KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group Founded in 1973 their style has included Funk, R&B, and Disco. Foxy is a Latin Dance / Disco group formed in 1976 in Miami, Florida. Miami-area natives George McCrae and Teri DeSario were also popular music artists during the 1970s disco era. George McCrae (born October 19 1944 West Palm Beach, Florida) is a soul Singer, most famous for his 1974 hit " Rock Your Teri DeSario is a singer/songwriter from Miami, Florida.DeSario worked within several music genres out of high school Miami-influenced, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, hit the popular music scene with their Cuban-oriented sound and had huge hits in the 1980s with "Conga" and "Bad Boys". Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957) is a Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957) is a Cuban American singer and songwriter
Miami is also considered a "hot spot" for DANCE music, Freestyle, a style of dance music popular in the 80's and 90's heavily influenced by Electro, hip-hop, and disco. Freestyle or Latin Freestyle, also called Latin Hip Hop in its early years is a form of Electronic music that is heavily influenced by Latin American Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Many popular Freestyle acts such as Pretty Tony, Debbie Deb, Stevie B, and Exposé, originated in Miami. Tony "Pretty Tony" Butler was an influential 1980s electro and freestyle artist based out of Miami Florida. Debbie Deb is an American dance-pop singer best known for 1980s freestyle dance classics such as "Lookout Weekend" and "When I Hear Music" Stevie B (real name Steven Bernard Hill) is a African - American Singer, Songwriter, and Record producer that was highly Exposé is an American Vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno Indie/folk acts Cat Power and Iron & Wine are based in the city,[29] while alternative hip hop artist Sage Francis, electro artist Uffie, and the electroclash duo Avenue D were born in Miami, but musically based elsewhere. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Cat Power is the stage name of American Singer/songwriter Charlyn "Chan" Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of Folk rock Singer-songwriter, Samuel Beam. Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways Paul "Sage" Francis (born November 2, 1977 in Miami Florida) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Anna-Catherine Hartley, better known by her stage name Uffie, is an American -born Paris -based Rapper currently signed by the critically Electroclash is a style of Music that fuses Avenue D was a female Electroclash duo from Miami, Florida, based out of New York City and consisting of Debbie and Daphne D Also, punk band Against All Authority is from Miami, and rock/metal bands Nonpoint and Marilyn Manson each formed in neighboring Fort Lauderdale. Against All Authority (often abbreviated -AAA-) is a DIY Ska punk band Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Nonpoint is a four-piece Nu metal group originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Marilyn Manson is an American Alternative metal band based in Los Angeles California.
Miami is also home to a vibrant techno and dance scene and hosts the Winter Music Conference, the largest dance event in the world, Ultra Music Festival and many electronica music-themed celebrations and festivals. The Winter Music Conference is a weeklong Electronic music event held every March since the mid-1980s in South Florida Ultra Music Festival is an outdoor Electronic music event held annually in Miami, Florida during the Winter Music Conference which occurs annually Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Along with neighboring Miami Beach, Miami is home to some famous nightclubs, such as Space, Mansion, Parkwest, Ink, Cameo, and Opium Garden. The city is known to be part of clubland, along with places such as Mykonos, Ibiza and Ayia Napa. Mykonos ( Greek: Μύκονος is a Greek island and a mass tourist destination renowned for its cosmopolitan character and its intense nightlife Ibiza (Eivissa is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain Ayia Napa ( Αγία Νάπα Aya Napa today officially Transliterated into English as Agia Napa) is a Resort at the far eastern end of
Media
- See also: List of radio stations in Florida
Miami is served by numerous newspapers, the major English-language newspaper is The Miami Herald; El Nuevo Herald is the major Spanish-language newspaper. The Miami Herald is a daily Newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered in Downtown Miami Florida. The following is a list of FCC -licensed Radio stations in the U The Miami Herald is a daily Newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered in Downtown Miami Florida. El Nuevo Herald is a McClatchy Newspaper published daily in Spanish in Miami Florida, in the United States. Other major newspapers include Miami Today, headquartered in Brickell, Miami New Times, headquartered in Midtown, Miami Sun Post, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Miami Times, and Biscayne Boulevard Times. Brickell (pronounced "BRICK-uhl" is a neighborhood partly within Downtown Miami Florida. The Miami New Times is a free weekly Miami Florida newspaper put out every Thursday Miami skyline 20080516png|thumb|center|800px|Partial view of the Midtown skyline with Downtown Miami to the left]] Midtown Miami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami The South Florida Sun Sentinel, owned by the Tribune Company, is the main daily Newspaper of Fort Lauderdale Florida, U Two additional Spanish-language newspapers, El Sentinel and Diario Las Americas also serve Miami. The Miami Herald is Miami’s primary newspaper with over a million readers and is headquartered in Downtown in Herald Plaza. Several other student newspapers from the local universities, such as Florida International University's The Beacon, the University of Miami's The Miami Hurricane, Miami-Dade College's The Metropolis, Barry University's The Buccaneer, amongst others. Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located The Beacon is the student-run newspaper of Florida International University in Miami, Florida and has a circulation of 6000 The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida, UM, or just The U) is a private non-sectarian University founded in 1925 The Miami Hurricane, founded in 1929 is the official student newspaper at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Miami Dade College, or simply Miami Dade, is a Public College with its main campus in Miami Florida and with seven other campuses throughout Barry University is a private Catholic university which was founded in 1940 in Miami Shores Florida, a suburb northeast of Miami Florida. Many neighborhoods and neighboring areas also have their own local newspapers such as the Coral Gables Tribune, Biscayne Bay Tribune, and the Palmetto Bay News.
Miami is also the headquarters and main production city of many of the world's largest television networks, broadcasting companies and production facilities, such as Telemundo, TeleFutura, Univision, RCTV International and Sunbeam Television. A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. TeleFutura is a US Spanish-language broadcast Television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami Florida. Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico. RCTV International (formerly known as Coral Pictures or Coral International) is subsidiary of Radio Caracas Television RCTV C Sunbeam Television Corporation is a broadcasting company based in Miami Florida, owned by Edmund N
Miami is the twelfth largest radio market[30] and the seventeenth largest television market[31] in the United States. Television stations serving the Miami area include: WAMI (Telefutura), WBFS (My Network TV), WSFL (The CW), WFOR (CBS), WHFT (TBN), WLTV (Univision), WPLG (ABC), WPXM (ION), WSCV (Telemundo), WSVN (FOX), WTVJ (NBC), WPBT (PBS), WLRN (also PBS) and WSBS Mega TV
Sports
| Club | Sport | League | Venue | League Championships |
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| Miami Dolphins | Football | National Football League | Dolphin Stadium | Super Bowl (2)
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| Florida Panthers | Hockey | National Hockey League | BankAtlantic Center | none |
| Miami Heat | Basketball | National Basketball Association | AmericanAirlines Arena | NBA Finals
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| Florida Marlins | Baseball | Major League Baseball; NL | Dolphin Stadium | World Series (2)
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| Sony Ericsson Open | Tennis | ATP & WTA | Tennis Center at Crandon Park | |
| Miami FC | Soccer | United Soccer Leagues | Tropical Park Stadium | none |
| Miami Tropics | Basketball | American Basketball Association | Miami Arena | none |
Miami is home to many major professional sports teams. WAMI-TV is the TeleFutura Network-Owned station for the Miami / Fort Lauderdale market TeleFutura is a US Spanish-language broadcast Television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami Florida. WBFS-TV, channel 33 is the MyNetworkTV -affiliated Television station for South Florida that is licensed to Miami. MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. WHFT-TV is a Christian Television station serving the greater Miami / Ft The Trinity Broadcasting Network ( TBN) is a Christian television network headquartered in Costa Mesa California with studios in Irving Texas WLTV is a Univision owned and operated station serving Spanish -speaking viewers in South Florida. Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico. WPLG is an ABC network affiliate serving the entire Miami Florida area The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. WPXM, channel 35 is the local affiliate for the ION Television network in the South Florida area ( Miami and Fort Lauderdale) Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998 WSCV Telemundo 51 is the Telemundo O&O that serves the Miami - Fort Lauderdale area and licensed to Fort Lauderdale. Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. WSVN, channel 7 is the Fox -affiliated Television station for South Florida, licensed to Miami. WTVJ, channel 6 is the NBC owned-and-operated Television station for South Florida, licensed to Miami. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's WPBT is the Callsign of a PBS member public Television station in Miami Florida, serving the South Florida region The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the There are 13 US cities with teams from four major sports where "city" is defined as the entire metropolitan area and " Major professional sports leagues The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Dolphin Stadium (previously known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, and Dolphins Stadium) is a football professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Super Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D Super Bowl VIII was an American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston Texas to decide the National The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. The Florida Panthers are a professional Ice hockey team based in Sunrise Florida, a suburb of Ft Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The BankAtlantic Center (previously known as Broward County Civic Arena, National Car Rental Center and Office Depot Center) is an indoor The Miami Heat (often referred to simply as the Heat, including in some official team publications with HEAT in all capital letters are a professional Basketball Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The AmericanAirlines Arena is an Arena located in Downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay and is used for Basketball The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each June The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2004-05 National Basketball Association season. The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are the professional Basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas Texas The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Dolphin Stadium (previously known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, and Dolphins Stadium) is a football For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. The 1997 World Series featured the Cleveland Indians, who were playing in their second World Series in three years The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The Miami Masters is an annual Tennis tournament for men and women held at Key Biscayne, in Miami, Florida. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players The 13300-seat Stadium Court is the centerpiece of the Tennis Center at Crandon Park facility home of the Miami Masters since 1987 Miami Football Club is an American professional Soccer team founded in 2006 Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The United Soccer Leagues ( USL) is the parent organization for the men's lower division leagues of US and Canadian soccer USL First Division (second division Tropical Park Stadium is a 7000-seat stadium located in Glenvar Heights Florida a CDP near Miami, Florida. The Miami Tropics are a team in the Premier Basketball League that began to play in 2007 in Miami Florida. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The Miami Arena was an indoor arena in Miami Florida. The building's roof was imploded on September 21, 2008; demolition of The Miami Orange Bowl was a Stadium in the City of Miami, west of Downtown in Little Havana. The AmericanAirlines Arena is an Arena located in Downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay and is used for Basketball The Miami Dolphins, the NFL team, Miami Heat, the NBA team, Florida Marlins, the MLB team, and the Florida Panthers, Miami's NHL team. The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. The Miami Heat (often referred to simply as the Heat, including in some official team publications with HEAT in all capital letters are a professional Basketball The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. The Florida Panthers are a professional Ice hockey team based in Sunrise Florida, a suburb of Ft As well as having all four major professional teams, Miami is home to many other sports teams and activities such as Miami FC, Miami Tropics, for soccer the Sony Ericsson Open for professional tennis, numerous greyhound racing tracks, marinas, Jai-Alai venues, and golf courses. Miami Football Club is an American professional Soccer team founded in 2006 The Miami Tropics are a team in the Premier Basketball League that began to play in 2007 in Miami Florida. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Miami Masters is an annual Tennis tournament for men and women held at Key Biscayne, in Miami, Florida. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Greyhound racing is the Sport of Racing Greyhounds The Dogs chase a lure (traditionally an artificial Hare or Rabbit For other uses of this word see Marina (disambiguation. A marina is a sheltered Harbor where Boats and Yachts Jai alai (ˈhaɪəlaɪ in English and jaɪɑlaɪ or xaɪɑlaɪ in Basque
The Miami Heat is the only major professional sports team that plays its games within Miami's city limits at the American Airlines Arena. The Miami Heat (often referred to simply as the Heat, including in some official team publications with HEAT in all capital letters are a professional Basketball The AmericanAirlines Arena is an Arena located in Downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay and is used for Basketball The team recently won the 2006 NBA Finals, winning the series 4-2 over the Dallas Mavericks. The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2005-06 National Basketball Association season. The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are the professional Basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas Texas The Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins both play their games in the suburb of Miami Gardens. The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. This article is about the city in Miami-Dade County Florida. For the census-designated place in Broward County Florida, please see Miami Gardens Broward The Orange Bowl, a member of the Bowl Championship Series, hosts their college football championship games at Dolphin Stadium. The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national Dolphin Stadium (previously known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, and Dolphins Stadium) is a football The stadium has also hosted the Super Bowl; the Miami metro area has hosted the game a total of nine times (four Super Bowls in Dolphin Stadium, including Super Bowl XLI and five at the Miami Orange Bowl), tying New Orleans for the most games. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played on February 4 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of The Miami Orange Bowl was a Stadium in the City of Miami, west of Downtown in Little Havana. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana
Miami FC, Florida’s only professional soccer team, plays at Tropical Park Stadium. Miami Football Club is an American professional Soccer team founded in 2006 Tropical Park Stadium is a 7000-seat stadium located in Glenvar Heights Florida a CDP near Miami, Florida. Miami signed world-famed soccer player Romario in March 2006 to a one year deal, and possibly longer. Romário de Souza Faria (born January 29 1966 in Rio de Janeiro) better known simply as Romário, is a former Brazilian football Center The Florida Panthers NHL team plays in neighboring Broward County, Florida at the BankAtlantic Center in the city of Sunrise. The Florida Panthers are a professional Ice hockey team based in Sunrise Florida, a suburb of Ft The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Broward County is a County located in the US state of Florida. The BankAtlantic Center (previously known as Broward County Civic Arena, National Car Rental Center and Office Depot Center) is an indoor Sunrise is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally called "Sunrise Golf Village" the name did not sit well with the retirees Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses, where competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center.
Miami is also the home of many college sports teams. Two largest are the Florida International University Golden Panthers whose football team plays at FIU Stadium and the University of Miami Hurricanes, whose football team formerly played at the Miami Orange Bowl, but moved to Dolphin Stadium starting with the 2008 season. Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located The FIU Golden Panthers is the name of the athletic teams of Florida International University, a public university located in Miami Florida. The FIU Golden Panthers is the football team that represents Florida International University in Miami Florida. FIU Stadium (or "The Cage") is the Stadium for the Florida International University Golden Panthers football team and is located The University of Miami Hurricanes football team is a collegiate football program that represents the University of Miami. The Miami Orange Bowl was a Stadium in the City of Miami, west of Downtown in Little Havana. Dolphin Stadium (previously known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, and Dolphins Stadium) is a football
A number of defunct teams were located in Miami, including the Miami Floridians (ABA), Miami Matadors (ECHL), Miami Manatees (WHA2), Miami Gatos (NASL), Miami Screaming Eagles (WHA), Miami Seahawks (AAFC), Miami Sol (WNBA), Miami Toros (NASL), Miami Tropics (SFL), and the Miami Hooters (Arena Football League). Miami Floridians, later in their history known simply as The Floridians, were a professional basketball franchise in the original now-defunct American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association ( ABA) was a professional Basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged in part with the National History The Miami Matadors were a hockey team in the ECHL. The franchise began as the Louisville River Frogs in 1995 moving to Miami in 1998 The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered Playoffs The Manatees finished the season in 5th place with 53 points in 48 games an impressive 20 points over the 6th place Lakeland Loggerheads who played 58 games The World Hockey Association 2 was an Ice hockey league created at the instigation of the organizers of the proposed recreated World Hockey Association to serve as The Miami Gatos were a Soccer team based out of Miami that played in the North American Soccer League. North American Soccer League (NASL was a professional soccer League with teams in the United States of America (U The Blazers/Cowboys were an Ice hockey franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA from 1972 - 1977. The World Hockey Association (French Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional Ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 The All-America Football Conference (AAFC was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL from 1946 The Miami Sol was a women's Basketball team which joined the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA in 2000. The Miami Gatos were a Soccer team based out of Miami that played in the North American Soccer League. North American Soccer League (NASL was a professional soccer League with teams in the United States of America (U The Miami Tropics are a team in the Premier Basketball League that began to play in 2007 in Miami Florida. The Spring Football League (SFL was a professional American football that existed for only part of one mini-season in 2000 History Sacramento Attack (1992 The Sacramento Attack was an Arena Football League team that competed under that The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. The Miami Fusion, a defunct Major League Soccer team played at Lockhart Stadium in nearby Broward County. Miami Fusion FC was a professional soccer club located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that participated in Major League Soccer from Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U Lockhart Stadium, located in Fort Lauderdale Florida, is a stadium that serves as the home of the Florida Atlantic University football team Broward County is a County located in the US state of Florida.
Economy
Miami is one of the country’s most important financial centers. The Espírito Santo Financial Group is an international group of companies based in Portugal. Alienware is an American Computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Inc Banc of America Securities Bank of America () is the largest bank by asset and second largest commercial Bank by deposits and Market capitalization in United HSBC Holdings plc ( (,,,) is a Public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. Bacardi is the world's largest family-owned spirits company best known as a producer of Rums including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151. Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. Wachovia Corporation ( based in Charlotte North Carolina, is a diversified Financial services holding company provided via its operating subsidiaries a broad Telefónica SA, (,,,,) is a Spanish telecommunication company. Lennar Corporation ( is a Fortune 500 company company based in Miami Florida, United States. Ryder System Inc ( or Ryder, is an American -based provider of Transportation, and Supply chain management solutions with global operations Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international Law firm with approximately 1800 Attorneys and governmental professionals in 30 locations in the United States Ernst & Young is one of the largest Professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC, Mellon Financial Corporation, ( was one of the world's largest money management firms Burger King ( often abbreviated to It is a major center of commerce, finances, corporate headquarters, and boasts a strong international business community. According to the ranking of world cities undertaken by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC) and based on the level of presence of global corporate service organizations, Miami is considered a “Gamma World City”.
Several large companies are headquartered in or around Miami, including but not limited to: Alienware, Arquitectonica, Arrow Air, Bacardi, Benihana, Brightstar Corporation, Burger King, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines, CompUSA, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Espírito Santo Financial Group, Fizber.com, Greenberg Traurig, Interval International, Lennar, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Perry Ellis International, RCTV International, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Ryder Systems, Seabourn Cruise Line, Telefónica USA, TeleFutura, Telemundo, Univision, U.S. Century Bank, and World Fuel Services. The Port of Miami is a Seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL is a company operating Cruise ships headquartered in Miami, Florida. Celebrity Cruises is a Cruise line founded in 1989 by the Greek Chandris Group. Royal Caribbean International () is a Norwegian / American Cruise line company based in Miami Florida. Seabourn Cruise Line is an ultra luxury Cruise line headquartered in Miami Florida. Carnival Corporation & PLC, a British-American - Panamanian corporation is the world's largest Cruise operator comprising 11 cruise brands including This list of tallest buildings in Miami ranks Skyscrapers in the U Manhattanization is a Neologism coined to Alienware is an American Computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Inc Arquitectonica is an Architecture, Interior design and planning firm headquartered in Miami Florida, United States. Arrow Air is an American Cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. Bacardi is the world's largest family-owned spirits company best known as a producer of Rums including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151. Benihana () is a Miami -based American company that owns or franchises nearly 80 Japanese cuisine restaurants around the world including its Brightstar Corporation, founded in 1997, is a US based privately held corporation that provides logistical services and Supply chain management Burger King ( often abbreviated to Celebrity Cruises is a Cruise line founded in 1989 by the Greek Chandris Group. Carnival Corporation & PLC, a British-American - Panamanian corporation is the world's largest Cruise operator comprising 11 cruise brands including Carnival Cruise Lines is a Cruise line operating a large number of Cruise ships. CompUSA is a Retailer and reseller of Consumer electronics, Technology products and Computer services Crispin Porter + Bogusky, a member of publicly-traded MDC Partners (MDCA is an advertising agency that currently employs around 700 people The Espírito Santo Financial Group is an international group of companies based in Portugal. This article is about the American internet real estate company Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international Law firm with approximately 1800 Attorneys and governmental professionals in 30 locations in the United States Interval International (II is a publicly traded company and former subsidiary of the corporation IAC/InterActiveCorp and is headquartered in Miami Florida, Lennar Corporation ( is a Fortune 500 company company based in Miami Florida, United States. Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL is a company operating Cruise ships headquartered in Miami, Florida. Perry Ellis International is a leading international marketer of clothing, offering a diverse portfolio of brands through multiple distribution channels RCTV International (formerly known as Coral Pictures or Coral International) is subsidiary of Radio Caracas Television RCTV C Royal Caribbean International () is a Norwegian / American Cruise line company based in Miami Florida. Ryder System Inc ( or Ryder, is an American -based provider of Transportation, and Supply chain management solutions with global operations Seabourn Cruise Line is an ultra luxury Cruise line headquartered in Miami Florida. Telefónica SA, (,,,,) is a Spanish telecommunication company. TeleFutura is a US Spanish-language broadcast Television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami Florida. Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico. US Century Bank is one of the fastest-growing and best-capitalized community banks in the U World Fuel Services is a Fortune 500 company that is based in Miami Florida. Because of its proximity to Latin America, Miami serves as the headquarters of Latin American operations for more than 1400 multinational corporations, including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, Exxon, FedEx, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, and Visa International. American Airlines Inc (AA is a US -based airline and the world's Largest airline in total passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size Exxon is a brand of fuel sold by ExxonMobil. History Exxon formally replaced the Esso, Enco, FedEx Corporation ( is a Logistics services company based in the United States. Kraft Foods Inc ( is the second-largest Food and Beverage company headquartered in North America (behind PepsiCo) and the third Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Oracle Corporation ( specializes in developing and marketing Enterprise software products — particularly Database management systems In 2007 Oracle ranked Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with
Miami International Airport and the Port of Miami are among the nation’s busiest ports of entry, especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean. Miami International Airport is a public Airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the Central business district of Miami, in unincorporated The Port of Miami is a Seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. Additionally, Downtown has the largest concentration of international banks in the country located mostly in Brickell, Miami's financial district. Brickell (pronounced "BRICK-uhl" is a neighborhood partly within Downtown Miami Florida. Miami was also the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations, and is one of the leading candidates to become the trading bloc's headquarters. The Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA) ( Spanish: Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA French: Zone de libre-échange des
Tourism is also an important industry in Miami. Vizcaya is an estate or Villa in a North Italian sixteenth-century style on Biscayne Bay in Miami Florida, designed for James Deering as The beaches, conventions, festivals and events draw over 12 million visitors annually from across the country and around the world, spending $17. 1 billion. [32]. The historical Art Deco district in South Beach, is widely regarded as one of the most glamorous in the world for its world-famous nightclubs, beaches, historical buildings, and shopping. This article is about the section of Miami Beach known as South Beach However, it is important to note that Miami Beach is a separate city from the City of Miami.
Miami is the home to the National Hurricane Center and the headquarters of the United States Southern Command, responsible for military operations in Central and South America. The US National Hurricane Center, located at Florida International University in Miami Florida, is the division of National Weather Service The United States Southern Command ( USSOUTHCOM) located in Miami, Florida, is one of ten Unified Combatant Commands (COCOMs in the In addition to these roles, Miami is also an industrial center, especially for stone quarrying and warehousing.
According to the U. S. Census Bureau, in 2004, Miami had the third highest incidence of family incomes below the federal poverty line in the United States, making it the third poorest city in the USA, behind only Detroit, Michigan (ranked #1) and El Paso, Texas (ranked #2. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and ) Miami is also one of the very few cities where its local government went bankrupt, in 2001. [33]
In 2005, the Miami area witnessed its largest real estate boom since the 1920s. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom The Florida land boom of the 1920s was Florida 's first Real estate bubble, which burst in 1925 leaving behind entire new cities and the remains of failed development Midtown, having well over a hundred approved construction projects, is an example of this. Miami skyline 20080516png|thumb|center|800px|Partial view of the Midtown skyline with Downtown Miami to the left]] Midtown Miami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami [34] As of 2007, however, the housing market has crashed and more than 23,000 condos are for sale and/or foreclosed. [35] The Miami area ranks 8th in the nation in foreclosures. [36] Miami is also one of the least affordable places to live, with the median percentage of housing costs as a percentage of income was 42. 8%; the national average was 27%. Miami ranks twelfth among least affordable cities for home ownership. [37]
Demographics
| Miami population | ||
| Year | City proper [38] | Metro area |
|---|---|---|
| 1840 | 446 | N/A |
| 1850 | 159 | N/A |
| 1860 | 83 | N/A |
| 1870 | 85 | N/A |
| 1880 | 257 | N/A |
| 1890 | 861 | N/A |
| 1900 | 1,681 | N/A |
| 1910 | 5,471 | N/A |
| 1920 | 29,549 | 66,542 |
| 1930 | 110,637 | 214,830 |
| 1940 | 172,172 | 387,522 |
| 1950 | 249,276 | 693,705 |
| 1960 | 291,688 | 1,497,099 |
| 1970 | 334,859 | 2,236,645 |
| 1980 | 346,865 | 3,220,844 |
| 1990 | 358,548 | 4,056,100 |
| 2000 | 362,470 | 5,007,564 |
| 2006 | 404,048 | 5,919,036 |
Miami is the 43rd most populous city in the U. S. The Miami metropolitan area, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, had a combined population of more than 5. Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida Broward County is a County located in the US state of Florida. Palm Beach County is located in the state of Florida. As of 2007 the county had a population of 1351236 according to the University of Florida Bureau of Economic 4 million people, ranked fourth-largest in the United States,[3] (behind Chicago, Illinois), and is the largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region As of 2008, the United Nations estimates that the Miami Urban Agglomeration is the fourth-largest in the United States, and the 44th-largest in the world. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security [39] As of the census of 2000, there were 362,470 people, 134,198 households, and 83,336 families residing in the city. The population density was 10,160. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/mi² (3,923. 5/km²). There were 148,388 housing units at an average density of 4,159. 7/mi² (1,606. 2/km²).
The racial makeup of the city proper is as follows:[40]
- White: 66. 6% (Non-Hispanic White 11. 8%)[41]
- Some other races: 5. 4%
- Two or more races: 4. 74%
- Asian: 0. 7%
- Pacific Islander: 0. 04%
- Native American: 0. 2%
As of 2000, in terms of national origin and/or ethnic origin, 34. Freedom Tower is a building in Miami, Florida, that serves as a memorial to Cuban immigration to the United States. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 1% of the populace was Cuban,[42] while 5. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la 6% of the city's population was Nicaraguan,[43] 5. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America 5% of the population was Haitian,[44] 3. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: 3% of the population was Honduran,[45] 1. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. 7% of all residents were Dominican,[46] and 1. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with 6% of the population was Colombian. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. [47] In 2004, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ranked Miami first in terms of percentage of residents born outside of the country it is located in (59%), followed by Toronto (50%). The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
There were 134,198 households out of which 26. 3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36. 6% were married couples living together, 18. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 7% have a female head of household with no husband present, and 37. 9% were non-families. 30. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 61 and the average family size was 3. 25. The age distribution was 21. 7% under the age of 18, 8. 8% from 18 to 24, 30. 3% from 25 to 44, 22. 1% from 45 to 64, and 17. 0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98. 9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97. 3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,483, and the median income for a family was $27,225. The Plymouth Congregational Church is a historic church in Miami, Florida. Males had a median income of $24,090 versus $20,115 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,128. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 23. 5% of families and 28. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 38. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 2% of those under age 18 and 29. 3% of those age 65 or over.
Miami’s explosive population growth in recent years has been driven by internal migration from other parts of the country as well as by immigration. American immigration ( emigration to the United States of America) refers to the movement of non-residents to the United States. Miami is regarded as more of a multicultural mosaic, than it is a melting pot, with residents still maintaining much of, or some of their cultural traits. The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the Demographics of a specified The melting pot is an analogy for the way in which homogeneous societies develop in which the ingredients in the pot (people of different cultures races and religions are Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic The overall culture of Miami is heavily influenced by its large population of ethnic Latin Americans and cultures from Caribbeans from islands such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas, and Cuba; many of whom spoke Spanish or Haitian Creole. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Haitian Creole language ( kreyòl ayisyen) often called simply Creole or Kreyòl ( pronounced) is a language spoken in Haiti
Today, Miami has a sizable community of citizens, undocumented populations, and permanent residents, of Argentines, Bahamians, Brazilians, Canadians, Chileans, Chinese, Colombians, Cubans, Dominicans, Ecuadorans, French, German, Greeks, Guatemalans, Guayanese, Haitians, Hondurans, Jamaicans, Indians, Italians, Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Peruvians, Russians, Salvadoran, Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Turks, South Africans, and Venezuelans, as well as a sizable Puerto Rican population throughout the metropolitan area. Ropa vieja, which is Spanish for "Old Clothes" is a popular dish of the Canary Islands, Greater Miami and the Caribbean, especially The plantain is a crop in the genus Musa and is generally used for cooking in contrast to the soft sweet Banana (which is sometimes called the The cassava, yuca, manioc, or mandioca ( Manihot esculenta) is a woody Shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family native Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea Article I section 8 clause 4 of the United States Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals voluntarily resettling in the United States in violation of U Permanent residency refers to a person's visa status the person is allowed to reside indefinitely within a country despite not having Citizenship. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Bahamians are people of the Bahamas. It's the plural of the word Bahamian. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} While commonly thought of as mainly a city of Hispanic and Caribbean immigrants, the Miami area is home to large French, French Canadian, German, Italian, and Russian communities. Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( German Americans ( German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of Ethnic German ancestry An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Russian Americans are Americans whose ancestors were born in Russia. The communities have grown to a prominent place in Miami and its suburbs, creating ethnic enclave neighborhoods such as Little Haiti, Little Havana, Little Managua, Little Brazil, Little Moscow, and Little San Juan. Little Haiti or La Petite Haïti, is a neighborhood in the City of Miami, Florida. Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana is a neighborhood and former Census-designated place in the city of Miami, with many Cuban immigrant Sweetwater is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. North Bay Village is a city located in Miami-Dade County Florida. Sunny Isles Beach is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Wynwoood, is a subdivision of Midtown in Miami Florida north of downtown.
Languages
A wide variety of languages are commonly spoken throughout the city. The City of Miami has three official languages: English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole (French Creole). English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Haitian Creole language ( kreyòl ayisyen) often called simply Creole or Kreyòl ( pronounced) is a language spoken in Haiti Miami has the largest Spanish-speaking population in the Western Hemisphere outside Latin America. The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West [48]
As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as their first language accounted for 66. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth 75% of residents, while English was spoken by 25. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 45%, French Creole by 5. Haitian Creole language ( kreyòl ayisyen) often called simply Creole or Kreyòl ( pronounced) is a language spoken in Haiti 20%, and French speakers comprised 0. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people 76% of the population. [49] Other languages that were spoken throughout the city include Portuguese at 0. Brazilian Portuguese ( Language code pt-BR Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil) is a group of Portuguese 41%, German at 0. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. 18%, Italian at 0. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. 16%, Arabic at 0. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language 15%, Chinese at 0. 11%, and Greek at 0. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly 08% of the population. Miami also has one of the largest percentage populations in the U. S. that have residents who speak first languages other than English at home (74. A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth 54%. )[49]
Law and government
- See also: Government of the City of Miami
The government of the City of Miami, Florida, provided for under this Charter shall be known as the "mayor-city commissioner plan," and the city commission shall consist of five commissioners, who are qualified voters of the city and who shall be elected from districts in the manner hereinafter provided. The City of Miami Florida is organized under the City Charter, which provides for a mayor-commissioner form of city government. The city commission shall constitute the governing body with powers to pass ordinances adopt regulations and exercise all powers conferred upon the city except as hereinafter provided. The mayor shall exercise all powers conferred herein and shall appoint as provided in section of this Charter a chief administrative officer to be known as the "city manager. ". The City of Miami is governed by Mayor Manny Diaz and 5 City commissioners which oversee the five districts in the City. Manuel Alberto Diaz (November 5 1954 in Havana Cuba) is the current mayor of Miami, Florida. It holds regular meetings in the City Hall of Miami located in 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133 in the neighborhood of Coconut Grove. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or Coconut Grove, (originally spelled Cocoanut Grove) is a neighborhood located in the City of Miami, Florida in Miami-Dade County
City council
- Manuel A. Diaz - Mayor of the City of Miami, first elected in 2001 and re-elected to a second term in 2006. Manuel Alberto Diaz (November 5 1954 in Havana Cuba) is the current mayor of Miami, Florida. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- Angel Gonzalez - City of Miami Commissioner, District 1
- Marc Sarnoff - City of Miami Commissioner, District 2
- Joe M. Sanchez - City of Miami Commissioner, District 3
- Tomas P. Regalado - City of Miami Commissioner, District 4
- Michelle Spence-Jones - City of Miami Commissioner, District 5
City management
- Pedro G. Hernandez - City Manager
- Julie O. A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government Bru - City Attorney
- Priscilla Thompson - City Clerk
Education
Public schools
- See also: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Public schools in Miami are governed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest school district in Florida and the fourth-largest in the United States. A city attorney can be an Elected or appointed position in city and municipal government in the United States. The municipal clerk along with the tax collector is the oldest of public servants Miami High School is a Secondary school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, USA; its principal is Daniel Tosado The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS is a public School district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS is a public School district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the As of February 15, 2006 it has a student enrollment of 414,128 and over 392 schools and centers. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The district is also the largest minority public school system in the country, with 60% of its students being of Hispanic origin, 28% African American, 10% White (non-Hispanic) and 2% non-white of other minorities. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. [50] Miami is home to some of the nation's best high schools, such as Design and Architecture High School, ranked the nation's best magnet school, MAST Academy, Coral Reef High School, ranked 20th-best public high school in the U. Design and Architecture Senior High School ( DASH) is a magnet secondary school in the heart of the Design District in Miami Florida. A magnet school is a School which offers specialized courses or curricula. Maritime and Science Technology Academy, commonly referred to as MAST Academy is a public High school in Miami Florida. Coral Reef Senior High School is a Secondary school located at 10101 S S. , Miami Palmetto High School, and the New World School of the Arts. This article is about the high school in Pinecrest Florida For other high schools with the same name see Palmetto High School (disambiguation. New World School of the Arts ( NWSA) is a conservatory in Miami Florida with programs in Visual arts, Dance, Theatre, [51] M-DCPS is also one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional bilingual education. Bilingual education involves teaching all subjects in school through two different languages - in the United States instruction occurs in English and a minority language such as
Private schools
Miami is home to several prestigious Roman Catholic, Jewish and non-denominational private schools. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered The Archdiocese of Miami operates the city's Catholic private schools, which include: Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, La Salle High School, Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Christopher Columbus High School, Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, amongst numerous other elementary and high schools. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami is a Particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States Our Lady of Lourdes Academy is a Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Miami Florida founded in 1963. Monsignor Edward Pace High School is a Catholic secondary school in Miami Gardens Florida. Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic college preparatory day school for girls founded in 1961 in the neighborhood of Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida Christopher Columbus High School is a Catholic, college preparatory all-male high school set on a 24 acre campus in Miami Florida Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School is a private, Roman Catholic High school in Miami Florida. Some of the most well-known non-denominational private schools in Miami are Ransom Everglades, Gulliver Preparatory School, and Miami Country Day School, which are traditionally known as some of the country's best schools. style="margin-left 1em"> Ransom Everglades style="margin-left 1em"> Gulliver Preparatory style="margin-left 1em"> Miami Country Other schools in the outlying areas include Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School. History Belen's time in Cuba March 2, 1854 - Queen style="margin-left 1em"> Hillel Community
Colleges and universities
(List includes institutions in and around Miami. Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located )
- Barry University (private)
- Carlos Albizu University (private)
- Florida International University (public, largest university in South Florida)
- Florida Memorial University (private)
- Johnson and Wales University (private)
- Keiser University (private)
- Miami Dade College (public, largest institution of higher learning in the U. Barry University is a private Catholic university which was founded in 1940 in Miami Shores Florida, a suburb northeast of Miami Florida. Carlos Albizu University ( CAU) is a private Non-profit University offering Undergraduate and graduate studies in Psychology Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located Florida Memorial University is a private coeducational four-year university in Miami Gardens, Florida. Johnson & Wales University (JWU J&W is a private nonprofit co-educational career-oriented university Miami Dade College, or simply Miami Dade, is a Public College with its main campus in Miami Florida and with seven other campuses throughout S. )
- Miami International University of Art and Design (private)
- Nova Southeastern University (private)
- St. Thomas University (private)
- Talmudic University (private)
- University of Miami (private, largest private university in Florida)
The city ranks second-to-last in people over 18 with a high school diploma, with 47% of the population not having that degree. Nova Southeastern University ( NSU) is a selective Coeducational private Non-profit university in Davie, Florida, Schools with the name St Thomas University: St Thomas University (New Brunswick St The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida, UM, or just The U) is a private non-sectarian University founded in 1925 [52]
Transportation
Airports
Miami International Airport, one of the busiest international airports in the world, is the main airport serving the Miami metropolitan area, catering to over 35 million passengers a year. Miami International Airport is a public Airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the Central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Miami International Airport is a public Airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the Central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Identifiable locally, as well as several worldwide authorities, as MIA or KMIA, the airport is a major hub and the single largest international gateway for American Airlines, the world’s largest passenger air carrier. American Airlines Inc (AA is a US -based airline and the world's Largest airline in total passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size Miami International is the United States’ third largest international port of entry for foreign air passengers (behind New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport), and is the seventh largest such gateway in the world. John F Kennedy International Airport is an International airport located in Queens County on Long Island in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 Los Angeles International Airport is the primary Airport serving Los Angeles, California, the second-most populated metropolitan area of The airport’s extensive international route network includes non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Alternatively, nearby Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Opa-Locka Airport, and Kendall-Tamiami Airport also serve the Miami area. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is an international commercial Airport located in Dania Beach, three miles (5 km) southwest of the Opa-locka Airport, also known as Opa-locka Executive Airport, is a General aviation Airport and joint civil-military airfield located in Opa-locka Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport is a public Airport located 13 miles (21 km) southwest of the Central business district of Miami, a city [53]
Seaports
Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States, the Port of Miami. Government Center Station is a Metrorail and Metromover changeover station in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami Metrorail is a Rapid transit system located in Miami, Florida, USA. Metromover is a free People mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit. Downtown Miami is the Central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. Brickell (pronounced "BRICK-uhl" is a neighborhood partly within Downtown Miami Florida. The Port of Miami is a Seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. It is the largest cruise ship port in the world. The port is often called the “Cruise Capital of the World” and the “Cargo Gateway of the Americas”. It has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over a decade accommodating the largest cruise ships and the major cruise lines. In 2005, the port served 3,605,201 passengers. Additionally, the port is one of the nation's busiest cargo ports, importing nearly ten million tons of cargo annually. Among North American ports, it ranks second only to the Port of South Louisiana in New Orleans in terms of cargo tonnage imported/exported from Latin America. The Port of South Louisiana is the largest volume shipping Port in the Western Hemisphere and 9th largest in the world New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The port is on 518 acres (2. 10 km²) and has 7 passenger terminals. China is the port's number one import country, and Honduras is the number one export country. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters, home to: Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, and Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. Carnival Cruise Lines is a Cruise line operating a large number of Cruise ships. Celebrity Cruises is a Cruise line founded in 1989 by the Greek Chandris Group. Costa Crociere SpA (Costa Cruises is an Italian Cruise line with 14 ships including the Costa Pacifica and the Costa Luminosa Crystal Cruise Lines, most commonly seen as Crystal Cruises, is a luxury Cruise ship line founded in 1988 and notable for its two medium-sized high-end Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL is a company operating Cruise ships headquartered in Miami, Florida. Oceania Cruises is a United States -based Shipping company that operates three luxury Cruise ships on world-wide itenaries Royal Caribbean International () is a Norwegian / American Cruise line company based in Miami Florida. Windjammer Barefoot Cruises was a leisure Cruise line based in Miami, Florida. [54]
Public transportation
- Further information: Miami Public Transportation
Public transportation in Miami is governed by Miami-Dade Transit, and includes many different modes of transportation, from heavy-rail rapid transit, suburban rail, an elevated people mover, and buses. Miami-Dade Transit is the Public transit authority in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Miami-Dade Transit is the Public transit authority in Miami-Dade County, Florida. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway Commuter rail, regional rail or suburban rail is a Passenger rail transport service between a city center and outer suburbs and Commuter towns For the private automobile see People carrier A people mover or automated people mover (APM is a fully automated grade-separated Miami's heavy-rail rapid transit system, Metrorail, is an elevated system, that operates 22 stations on a 36km-long line, throughout Miami from the western suburbs of Hialeah and Medley, through the Civic Center, Downtown, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables and ending in the southern suburbs of Pinecrest, continuing south as the Miami Busway. Metrorail is a Rapid transit system located in Miami, Florida, USA. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Medley is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Downtown Miami is the Central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. Coral Gables (sometimes referred to as The Gables) is a City in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Miami, in the United There are two communities in Florida that use the name Pinecrest: Pinecrest Miami-Dade County Florida Pinecrest Monroe County In Downtown, a free, elevated people mover, Metromover, operates 21 stations on three different lines, with a station at roughly every two blocks of the city center. For the private automobile see People carrier A people mover or automated people mover (APM is a fully automated grade-separated Metromover is a free People mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit.
As well as rail, Miami-Dade Transit also runs thousands of buses called, Metrobus that operate throughout Miami. Miami-Dade Transit is the Public transit authority in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Metrobus system is also an option for those looking to reach destinations not served by the main transit lines. Furthermore, Tri-Rail, a suburban rail system, connects the major cities and airports of the Miami metro area that connects to Metrorail, Metromover, and ending at Miami International Airport. Tri-Rail is a Regional rail line linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, Florida, United States Commuter rail, regional rail or suburban rail is a Passenger rail transport service between a city center and outer suburbs and Commuter towns Miami International Airport is a public Airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the Central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Several transit expansion projects are being funded by a transit development sales tax surcharge throughout Miami-Dade County.
Construction is currently underway on the Miami Intermodal Center and Miami Central Station, a mega transportation hub for Metrorail, Amtrak, Tri-Rail, Metrobus, taxis, rental cars, private automobiles, bicycles and pedestrians adjacent to Miami International Airport. Miami Intermodal Center (MIC is a planned transportation hub under construction by the Florida Department of Transportation in Miami Central Station (also when opened will be a bus Rapid transit, Commuter rail, and national passenger rail Union station) in METRORail is the Light rail line located in Houston Texas ( U The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Tri-Rail is a Regional rail line linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, Florida, United States Miami-Dade Transit is the Public transit authority in Miami-Dade County, Florida. A car rental, rent-a-car or car hire agency is a company that rents Automobiles for short periods of time (ranging from a few hours to a few weeks Completion of the Miami Intermodal Center is expected to be completed by 2010, and will serve over 150,000 commuters and travelers in the center of Miami.
Two new light rail systems, Baylink and the Miami Streetcar have been proposed and are undergoing funding. BayLink will connect Downtown with South Beach, and the Miami Streetcar will connect Downtown with Midtown. Downtown Miami is the Central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. This article is about the section of Miami Beach known as South Beach Miami skyline 20080516png|thumb|center|800px|Partial view of the Midtown skyline with Downtown Miami to the left]] Midtown Miami is a neighborhood in the city of Miami
Road and rail
Miami is the southern terminus of Amtrak's Atlantic Coast services, with its final station located in the suburb of Hialeah. Interstate 195 (abbreviated I-195) is a 491 mile (790 km spur expressway connecting Interstate 95 (its parent route in the west with Miami Beach The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971
Miami-Dade County is served by four Interstate Highways (I-75, I-95, I-195, I-395) and several U. Interstate 75 (I-75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. Interstate 95 (officially The Singer Expressway in Miami-Dade County), the main Interstate Highway on the East coast of the United States, serves Interstate 195 (abbreviated I-195) is a 491 mile (790 km spur expressway connecting Interstate 95 (its parent route in the west with Miami Beach Interstate 395 (I-395 connects Interstate 95 in the west with the MacArthur Causeway in the east in the Miami Florida area S. Highways including U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 27, U.S. Route 41, and U.S. Route 441. US Route 1 (US 1 is a major north-south US Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. US Route 27 ( US 27) is a north-south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. US Route 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami Florida. US Route 441 is a Spur route of US Route 41. It currently runs for 939 Miles (1511 km) from U For information on the street grid, see Miami-Dade County, Florida#Street grid. The grid plan or gridiron plan is a type of City plan in which Streets run at right angles to each other forming a grid. Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida Some of the major Florida State Roads (and their common names) serving the county are:
- SR 112 (Airport Expressway) Miami Beach to MIA
- SR 821 (The HEFT or Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike: SR 91/Miami Gardens to U.S. Route 1/Florida City)
- SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) Golden Glades Interchange to U. Roads maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation or a toll authority are referred to officially as State Roads, abbreviated SR. State Road 112 is an east-west State highway connecting Miami International Airport in Miami to Miami Beach in the U Miami International Airport is a public Airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the Central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike ( HEFT) assigned the State Road 821 ( SR 821) designation by the Florida Department of Transportation Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike ( HEFT) assigned the State Road 821 ( SR 821) designation by the Florida Department of Transportation Florida's Turnpike (TPK which has carried the Ronald Reagan Turnpike legislative designation since 1998 is a Toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km down Florida's Turnpike (TPK which has carried the Ronald Reagan Turnpike legislative designation since 1998 is a Toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km down This article is about the city in Miami-Dade County Florida. For the census-designated place in Broward County Florida, please see Miami Gardens Broward US Route 1 (US 1 is a major north-south US Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. Florida City is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. State Road 826 is a Bypass route around the greater Miami, Florida area extending 24 The Golden Glades Interchange, located in Miami Gardens and North Miami Beach Florida, USA is the confluence of five major roads serving eastern and southern Florida S. Route 1/Kendall
- SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) Downtown to Turnpike via MIA
- SR 874 (Don Shula Expressway) 826/Bird Road to 878
- SR 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway) Kendall to Turnpike/Homestead
- SR 924 (Gratigny Parkway) Miami Lakes to Opa-locka
In 2007, Miami was identified as having the rudest drivers in the United States, the second year in a row to have been cited, in a poll commissioned by automobile club AutoVantage. Kendall is a Census-designated place and an unincorporated suburban community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Miami. State Road 836, locally known as the Dolphin Expressway, is a 16-mile-long six-lane divided tollway currently extending from US 1 ( SR 5) and Florida's Turnpike (TPK which has carried the Ronald Reagan Turnpike legislative designation since 1998 is a Toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km down Miami International Airport is a public Airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the Central business district of Miami, in unincorporated State Road 874, also known as the Don Shula Expressway, extends 6 State Road 878 ( SR 878) named the Snapper Creek Expressway, is a short east-west Freeway south of Miami Florida, United States. Kendall is a Census-designated place and an unincorporated suburban community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Miami. Florida's Turnpike (TPK which has carried the Ronald Reagan Turnpike legislative designation since 1998 is a Toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km down Homestead is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States nestled between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades State Road 924 is a 85-mile (135 km east-west highway connecting Interstate 75 and the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826 in Hialeah and SR 909 Miami Lakes is an incorporated Town and former Census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States Opa-locka is a City located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. [55] Miami is also consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States for pedestrians. [56]
In popular culture
There are many television shows set in Miami. Various movies and television shows have been filmed or take place in Miami Florida. The Bank of America Tower at International Place (formerly the CenTrust Tower; more commonly known as simply Bank of America Tower) is a 47-story landmark The Atlantis Condominium is a landmark 20-story luxury Condominium in Miami, Florida. Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The controversial Emmy winning drama Nip/Tuck, CBS's CSI: Miami, and Showtime's Dexter all take place in Miami. Nip/Tuck is an American television Medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS. Dexter is an American Television drama series based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and adapted for television The Jackie Gleason Show was taped in Miami Beach from 1964 to 1970. The Jackie Gleason Show was the name given to a series of popular Television Shows that starred Jackie Gleason, which ran from 1952 The NBC show Good Morning, Miami was fictionally based around the workings of a Miami television station. Good Morning Miami is a Sitcom which ran from 2002 to 2004 on NBC. The popular sitcoms The Golden Girls and Empty Nest, as well as the detective series Surfside 6 and Miami Vice were also based in the Miami area. The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, Empty Nest is an American Television Sitcom that ran originally on NBC from 1988 to 1995 Surfside 6 is an ABC Television Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. Keeping with its modern music tradition, the city has recently hosted the 2004 and 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top Music videos of the year A recent show to be set in Miami is the USA Network's Burn Notice, which is filmed on location and in studios located in Miami. USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005
In the mid-2000s, Miami started to become a popular backdrop for reality television shows. Reality programming set in the city include the TLC show Miami Ink; Discovery Channel's After Dark; Animal Planet's Miami Animal Police; MTV's 8th & Ocean, Making Menudo, the fourth season of Making the Band, Room Raiders; The Real World: Miami, and The X Effect; VH1's Hogan Knows Best; TruTV's Bounty Girls: Miami; A&E's The First 48 and the third season of Bravo's Top Chef. TLC (generally called as The Learning Channel) is a cable TV network in the US and Canada, that carries a variety of informational and Miami Ink is a Reality show on TLC that follows the events that take place at Love Hate a Tattoo shop in Miami Beach Florida Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and Animal Planet is an American Satellite and Cable Television channel (also broadcast via IPTV in the UK) launched on Miami Animal Police is a Television Reality show that debuted in 2004 on Animal Planet. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. 8th & Ocean was a reality TV show that premiered on MTV on March 7, 2006. Making Menudo is a MTV series about getting young talented hopefuls to become part of the new Menudo band Making the Band is an ABC / MTV Reality television series that exists in separate iterations each iteration focusing on a specific music act Room Raiders is a dating / reality series on MTV. Premise On the show three single men or women have their rooms inspected The Real World Miami is the fifth season of MTV 's popular Reality television series The Real World; filmed in Miami Beach's The X Effect is a Reality show that began airing on MTV in March 2007 VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television Hogan Knows Best was an American Television show centered around the family life of Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan truTV is an American Cable Television network owned by Time Warner through its subsidiary Turner Broadcasting. Bounty Girls Miami was a Court TV show that features licensed female bail bond agents that track down and apprehend local fugitives A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, The First 48 is an American Reality television show based on Homicide Detective units in various cities across the United States Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the Cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each
Video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which became one of the best selling video games in history, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories take place in Vice City a fictional city inspired by Miami, including some of the same architecture and geography. Moon Over Miami is a movie directed by Walter Lang with Betty Grable and Don Ameche in leading roles and co-starring Robert Cummings Moon Over Miami, an American TV-series from 1993 in the drama genre History The popular Jazz song Moon Over Miami was written in 1935 by songwriters Joe Burke and Edgar Leslie. Egg in the basket or Egg in a window ( egg in the hole in Commonwealth countries and toad in a hole, eggy toast or bird's Grand Theft Auto Vice City is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and Video game designed by Rockstar North (formerly Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories is a sandbox-style action-adventure Video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Vice City is a fictional city in the Grand Theft Auto series based on Miami Florida. There were also people and gangsters in the game who speak Haitian Creole and Spanish. Haitian Creole language ( kreyòl ayisyen) often called simply Creole or Kreyòl ( pronounced) is a language spoken in Haiti
Miami has acted as the backdrop for many movies, including There's Something About Mary, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Wild Things, Marley & Me, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Out of Time, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Bad Boys & Bad Boys II, Iron Man, Transporter 2, The Birdcage, The Substitute, Blow, True Lies, Reno 911!: Miami, Quick Pick, Miami Vice (based on the 1980s television series of the same name), Cocaine Cowboys, 1983's Scarface, and the James Bond films Goldfinger, Thunderball, and Casino Royale. There's Something About Mary is a 1998 Romantic comedy film, directed by the Farrelly Brothers Bobby and Peter. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is the 2008 Comedy film Sequel to the 2004 film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Wild Things is a 1998 Neo-noir erotic - Crime film starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards Marley & Me is a The New York Times bestselling autobiographical book by American Journalist John Grogan. Ace Ventura Pet Detective is a 1994 American Comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Out of Time is a 2003 Thriller film, directed by Carl Franklin featuring Denzel Washington. 2 Fast 2 Furious (Commonly known as 2F2F, and known as Wild Speed X2 in Japan is a 2003 film that is the second installment Bad Boys is a 1995 action Comedy Film, directed by Michael Bay, produced by Don Simpson Bad Boys II is a 2003 action - Comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Transporter 2 is a 2005 Action film directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson. The Birdcage is a 1996 Comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman The Substitute is a 1996 action - crime - thriller Film directed by Robert Mandell and starring Tom Berenger For the video game see True Lies (video game. True Lies is a 1994 action - Comedy film. Reno 911! Miami is a film based on Comedy Central's Reno 911! directed by cast-member Robert Ben Garant, who plays "Junior Quick Pick ( 2006) is a Comedy film directed by Will Vazquez. Miami Vice is a 2006 American crime drama film about two Miami police dectives Crockett and Tubbs, who Cocaine Cowboys is a Documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio rakontur ' Scarface' is a 1983 Crime film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Goldfinger (1964 is the third James Bond film, as well as the third to star Sean Connery as MI6 agent James Bond. Thunderball (1965 is the fourth Spy film of the British James Bond series, and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the Casino Royale ( 2006) is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it is directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star
Miami is a center for Latin television and film production. As a result, many Spanish-language programs are filmed in the many television production studios, predominantly in Hialeah and Doral. Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Doral is a City located in north-central Miami-Dade County Florida, west of Miami International Airport; Doral is a suburb of Miami Florida This includes gameshows, variety shows, news programs, and telenovelas. A telenovela is a limited-run Television serial Melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America. Arguably, the most famous Miami-filmed programs are Sábado Gigante, a Saturday night variety show seen throughout the United States, South America and Europe, and the daytime talk shows Cristina and El Gordo y la Flaca. Sábado Gigante ("Giant Saturday" is a Spanish-language variety Television show it is Univision 's longest running program and the oldest American Cristina Saralegui (born January 29, 1948 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American journalist actress and talk show host El Gordo y la Flaca (translated The Fat Man and the Skinny Lady) is also a Spanish take off of Oliver & Hardy, the 1930's comedia act is a
Sister cities
- See also: List of sister cities in Florida
Miami has ten sister cities:[57]
Bogotá, Colombia since 1971 [57]
Buenos Aires, Argentina 1979 [57]
Kagoshima, Japan 1990 [57]
Lima, Peru 1977 [57]
Madrid, Spain 1997 [57]
Nice, France
Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1991 [57]
Qingdao, China 2005 [57]
Santiago, Chile 1986 [57]
Salvador, Brazil 2006 [57]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1987 [57]
Varna, Bulgaria
See also
- List of mayors of Miami
- List of people from Miami, Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- Miami Police Department
- Neighborhoods of Miami, Florida
References
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- ^ a b List of Population of Urbanized Areas. United Nations. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Retrieved on 2008-04-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
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- ^ Van Riper, Tom. "America's cleanest cities", Forbes Magazine, 17 March 2008. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
- ^ City Mayors: World's richest cities by purchasing power. City Mayors. CityMayorscom is a London -based independent internet platform specialising in urban governance online since April 2003 Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- ^ Julia Tuttle — Infoplease.com. Infoplease. Pearson plc () is a London -based media conglomerate. It is the largest book Publisher in the UK, India, Australia Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- ^ "The Day in St. Augustine — The Hack Line to Biscayne Bay", The Florida Times-Union, 1893-01-10. The Florida Times-Union, based in Jacksonville Florida, USA is the major daily Newspaper in northeast Florida. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ "A Trip to Biscayne Bay," The Tropical Sun, 1893-03-09. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Retrieved on 2006-01-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
- ^ Wiggins, Larry. The Birth of Miami, part 3. Historical Museum of South Florida. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- ^ Miami-Dade County - Information Center. Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- ^ Miami Environment. Advameg. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
- ^ Miami, Florida metropolitan area as seen from STS-62. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- ^ Miami High Point, Florida
- ^ USGS Ground Water Atlas of the United States. United States Geological Survey. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Retrieved on 2006-02-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
- ^ Köppen Climate Classification Map:. John Abbott College, Department of Geoscience. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- ^ Miami's monthly temperature means. Country Studies. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ Highest Temperature of Record. Northeast Regional Climate Center. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ Lowest Temperature of Record]. Northeast Regional Climate Center. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ History of National Weather Service Forecast Office-Miami, Florida. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- ^ NWS Miami Normals and Records Page. National Weather Service. The National Weather Service ( NWS) once known as the Weather Bureau is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- ^ Vulnerable cities: Miami, Florida. The Weather Channel. Retrieved on 2006-02-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
- ^ Miami, Florida's history with tropical systems. Hurricane City. Retrieved on 2006-02-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
- ^ http://www.miamigov.com/cms/parks/15_16.asp Miami parks
- ^ :: Miami Fashion Week. Miami Fashion Week. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
- ^ Interview: Cat Power. Pitchfork Media (2006-11-13). Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ Top 50 Radio Markets Ranked By Metro 12+ Population, Spring 2005. Northwestern University Media Management Center. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
- ^ Top 50 TV markets ranked by households. Northwestern University Media Management Center. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
- ^ Record number of local visitors, record spending achieved in 2007
- ^ Cohen, Adam (24 June 2001), “Gloom over Miami”, Time, <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135186,00.html>. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Retrieved on 2 September 2007
- ^ Miami: High rise buildings–All. Emporis. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ "Boom of condo crash loudest in Miami", Orlando Sentinel, 27 August 2007. The Orlando Sentinel is the primary Newspaper of the Orlando Florida region Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and
- ^ Florida markets rank high in national foreclosure volume. Tampa Bay Business Journal (13 February 2008). Advance Publications Inc, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- ^ Thomas, G. Scott. "Where’s the least expensive place to own a home?", American City Business Journals, 5 March 2007. Advance Publications Inc, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- ^ U.S. Census Population Finder: Miami, Florida. U.S. Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2007-08-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the
- ^ Table A.12. Population of urban agglomerations with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2005, by country, 1950-2015. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. Retrieved on 2008-01-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC
- ^ QuickFacts for Miami (city), Florida. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German
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- Hispanic or Latino of any race: 65. 8%
- Black (many of whom are from the Caribbean or African-American): 22. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting 3%
- ^ Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities. Epodunk. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
- ^ Ancestry Map of Nicaraguan Communities. Epodunk. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
- ^ Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities. Epodunk. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
- ^ Ancestry Map of Honduran Communities. Epodunk. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
- ^ Ancestry Map of Dominican Communities. Epodunk. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
- ^ Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities. Epodunk. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land
- ^ Gerald Erichson. Where is Spanish Spoken Outside Spain?. About, Inc.. Aboutcom is an online source for original information and advice and is among the top 15 US Websites ( Nielsen Online Spring 2008 Retrieved on 2007-09-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- ^ a b Data Center Results - Miami, Florida]. Modern Language Association. The Modern Language Association of America (usually referred to as simply Modern Language Association or MLA) is the principal Professional association Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ Miami-Dade County Public Schools (PDF). The Broad Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- ^ Gold Medal Schools. US News and World Report (12 November 2007). USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- ^ Thomas, G. Scott. "Miami lags in brainpower rankings", Bizjournals, 12 June 2006. Advance Publications Inc, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
- ^ "Southwest Airlines Cities," Southwest Airlines
- ^ Port of Miami Official Site. Southwest Airlines Co ( is an American low-cost Airline based in Dallas Texas, with its largest focus city at Las Vegas ' McCarran Miami-Dade County. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
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External links
- City of Miami Government
- City of Miami - Official Site
- Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Miami, Florida travel guide from Wikitravel
- Miami Times newspaper that serves Miami, Florida is available in full-text with images in Florida Digital Newspaper Library
- U.S. Census Bureau - Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights for City of Miami
Other
- Miami, Florida is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Jeff, Ripple (1995). Wikitravel is a Web -based project "to create a free, complete up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Florida Keys: the Natural Wonders of an Island Paradise, Photographs by Bill Keogh, Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. Stillwater is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, directly across the St ISBN.
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