Miami Circle
Brickell
As With All Vernacular Regions
South Florida Has No Official Boundaries Or Status And
Is Defined Differently
By Different Sources
At Different Times
A 2007 Study Of Florida's Regions
By Ary Lamme
And Raymond K
Oldakowski Found That Floridians Surveyed Identified "South Florida"
As Comprising
The Southernmost Sections Of Peninsular Florida
That Area Includes
The Miami Metropolitan Area (generally Defined
As Miami-Dade
Broward
And Palm Beach Counties)
The Florida Keys Included
In Monroe County
And
The Interior Region Known As
The Glades
Additionally
Southwest Florida
Representing
The State's Southern Gulf Coast
Has Emerged As
A Directional Vernacular Region
Some Respondents From
As Far Northwest As
The Southern Tampa Bay Area Identified Their Region
As Being
In South Florida Rather Than Southwest Or Central Florida
However
The University Of South Florida
Founded
In 1956
Is Located
In Tampa
At That Time
Prior
To
The Changes Quickly Brought By
The Florida Constitution Of 1968
South Florida Was Much Less Important Politically
And
The Term Was Used More Loosely
Tampa
Is Not Usually Considered Part Of South Florida
The district
is managed by
the School Board of Miami-Dade County
which appoints
a superintendent
to head
the administrative portions of
the district
Alberto Carvalho has been Superintendent since September 12
2008. I-195
European arrival
The Venetian Causeway (left)
and MacArthur Causeway (right) connect Downtown
and South Beach
Miami Beach.
. 1.1 16th
to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement
Overlaying alternatives: choice of countries
organization
and control mechanisms. .
Beckham Solis, Attorneys at Law