From 1858 to 1896 only a handful of families made their homes in the Miami area Those that did lived in small settlements along Biscayne Bay the first of these settlements formed at the mouth of the Miami River and was variously called Miami Miamuh and Fort Dallas Foremost among the Miami River settlers were the Brickells William Brickell had previously lived in Cleveland Ohio California and Australia where he met his wife Mary in 1870 Brickell bought land on the south bank of the river the Brickells and their children operated a trading post and post office on their property for the rest of the 19th century, The Miami metropolitan area also known as the Greater Miami Area or South Florida is the 73rd largest metropolitan area in the world and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States Located in southern Florida with 6,198,782 inhabitants as of 2018 the Miami metropolitan area is the most populous in Florida and second largest in the southeastern United States it extends about 120 miles from north to south, See also: Culture of Florida Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States the PortMiami It is the largest cruise ship port in the world and 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 2017 the port served 5,340,559 cruise passengers Additionally the port is one of the nation's busiest cargo ports importing 9,162,340 tons of cargo in 2017 Among North American ports it ranks second to New Orleans' Port of South Louisiana in terms of cargo tonnage imported from Latin America the port sits on 518 acres (2 km2) and has seven passenger terminals China is the port's number one import country and number one export country Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters home to Carnival Cruise Line Celebrity Cruises Norwegian Cruise Line Oceania Cruises and Royal Caribbean International in 2014 the Port of Miami Tunnel was opened connecting the MacArthur Causeway to PortMiami. . . FDOT Map of Miami-Dade County Florida The Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball began play in the 1993 season They won the World Series in both seasons they qualified for the postseason doing so in 1997 and 2003. . High rise construction in Downtown Miami in 2007, 4.2 Education Miami Senior High School Miami's oldest continuously used high school structure.
Forgotten Coast Florida is also served by Amtrak operating numerous lines throughout connecting the state's largest cities to points north in the United States and Canada the busiest Amtrak train stations in Florida in 2011 were: Sanford (259,944) Orlando (179,142) Tampa Union Station (140,785) Miami (94,556) and Jacksonville (74,733) Sanford in Greater Orlando is the southern terminus of the Auto Train which originates at Lorton Virginia south of Washington D.C Until 2005 Orlando was also the eastern terminus of the Sunset Limited which travels across the southern United States via New Orleans Houston and San Antonio to its western terminus of Los Angeles Florida is served by two additional Amtrak trains (the Silver Star and the Silver Meteor) which operate between New York City and Miami Virgin MiamiCentral in Greater Downtown Miami and the Miami Intermodal Center near Miami International Airport are major hubs for rapid transit commuter rail intercity rail and buses. ! The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947 though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system the area recognized as the Everglades prior to drainage was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) in size Borders between ecosystems are subtle or imperceptible These systems shift grow and shrink die or reappear within years or decades Geologic factors climate and the frequency of fire help to create maintain or replace the ecosystems in the Everglades. (30.6) 82.1 (29.6) The following table shows the major professional and Division I college teams in the Miami area with an average attendance of more than 10,000:, Tampa: Tampa and its surrounding area use the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority system ("HART") in addition downtown Tampa has continuous trolley services in the form of a heritage trolley powered by Tampa Electric Company Pinellas County and St Petersburg provide similar services through the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority or "PSTA" the beaches of Pinellas County also have a continuous trolley bus Downtown St Petersburg has a trolley system. ! On June 12 2009 FIU's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename the University Park campus to the Modesto Maidique Campus However the change created a large backlash from the FIU community as many felt it unfitting to name the campus after him a campaign by FIU students and alumni was created to revert the name change and to keep the name University Park a Facebook group "No to Maidique's Campus" with over 2,000 supporters has made national news in many newspapers TV news stations and collegiate magazines supporting to keep the name "University Park", $675.67 per credit hour for in-state students and $1,101.87 per credit hour for out-of-state students Total tuition/fees:$20,660 for in-state and $33,446 for out of state. 2 Special features Gainesville 4.1 Greek life Boynton Beach 68,217 60,389 Palm Beach North Miami Beach Schools nominate representatives for each category a Miami Herald appointed judge paneled interview process in each category only one Silver Knight Award is granted in each county Broward & Dade every year These awards have been given in Miami-Dade County Florida since 1959 and in Broward County Florida since 1984 the televised award ceremonies are given in each county.
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