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. Est 2018 470,914 17.9% FIU is the largest university in South Florida the second-largest in Florida and the fourth-largest in the United States by enrollment Total enrollment in Fall 2016 was 55,112 students including 8,770 graduate students According to U.S News college rankings and reviews 92% of FIU students live off-campus while only 8% of students live in "college-owned college-operated or college-affiliated" housing. Kirill Reznik The Miami River lent its name to the burgeoning town extending an etymology that derives from the Mayaimi Indian tribe.[citation needed] in 1844 Miami became the county seat and six years later a census reported that there were ninety-six residents living in the area the Third Seminole War lasted from 1855 to 1858 but was not nearly as destructive as the previous one However it did slow down the rate of settlement of southeast Florida At the end of the war a few of the soldiers stayed and some of the Seminoles remained in the Everglades, Marlins Park home of the Miami Marlins of the MLB. Miami: Miami's public transportation is served by Miami-Dade Transit that runs Metrorail a heavy rail rapid transit system Metromover a people mover train system in Downtown Miami and Metrobus Miami's bus system Metrorail runs throughout Miami-Dade County and has two lines and 23 stations connecting to Downtown Miami's Metromover and Tri-Rail Metromover has three lines and 21 stations throughout Downtown Miami Outside of Miami-Dade County public transit in the Miami metropolitan area is served by Broward County Transit and Palm Tran; intercounty commuter rail service is provided by Tri-Rail with 18 stations including the region's three international airports, Stocker AstroScience Center 2013 Carlos Finlay Elementary School. Class of 1997 Florida's Constitution provides for six elected officials to oversee executive and administrative functions for each county (called "Constitutional Officers"): Sheriff Property Appraiser Supervisor of Elections Tax Collector Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller However the Constitution allows voters in home-rule counties (including Miami-Dade) to abolish the offices and reorganize them as subordinate County departments; Miami-Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff Supervisor of Elections Controller and Tax Collector the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court and the judicial offices of State Attorney and Public Defender are still branches of State government and are therefore independently elected and not part of County government.[citation needed]. By the 16th century the earliest time for which there is a historical record major Native American groups included the Apalachee of the Florida Panhandle the Timucua of northern and central Florida the Ais of the central Atlantic coast the Tocobaga of the Tampa Bay area the Calusa of southwest Florida and the Tequesta of the southeastern coast, 4 Language and national origin Over 87.2% of all foreigners residing in South Florida come from Latin America, Gainesville Climate Florida overall was ranked the 7th best state in America for educating students at all levels by U.S News & World Report in 2018. 8.4 Parks 2.5 Risks Gates MIA e Train Gates Contents First United Methodist Church (1966) 14 References See also: Mariel boatlift.
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