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Iberia Madrid Beginning in 1962 Dade County schools began to receive their first influx of Hispanic students mainly from Cuba This was significant in shaping the school system into what it is today, Faculty of the PhD program in social welfare rank 4th in the United States in their scholarly accomplishment according to Academic Analytics FIU faculty were the only social work faculty in Florida to rank in the Top 10 (December 2007). The early 21st century was characterized by the widespread adoption of information technology for everyday use by classroom teachers students and parents One noteworthy process was the phased introduction of Excelsior Software's Electronic Gradebook Riverdeep software BrainPOP TeenBiz and FCAT Explorer During the 2010s Edmodo was also phased into the classrooms of Miami-Dade. The city proper is home to less than one-thirteenth of the population of South Florida Miami is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States the Miami metropolitan area however which includes Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties had a combined population of more than 5.5 million people ranked seventh largest in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States as of 2008 the United Nations estimates that the Miami Urban Agglomeration is the 44th-largest in the world. 6.1 Pulitzer Prizes The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region came from about 10,000 years ago the region was filled with pine hardwood forests and was home to plenty of deer bear and wild fowl These first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River with their main villages on the northern banks These early Native Americans created a variety of weapons and tools from shells, Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades, 2016 47.8% 4,504,975 49.0% 4,617,886 Plate tectonics. On September 9 1994 the United States and Cuba agreed to normalize migration between the two countries the agreement codified the new U.S policy of placing Cuban refugees in safe havens outside the United States while obtaining a commitment from Cuba to discourage Cubans from sailing to America in addition the United States committed to admitting a minimum of 20,000 Cuban immigrants per year That number is in addition to the admission of immediate relatives of U.S citizens, Housing characteristics and costs (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) 11.9% 15.4% 57.9% 7.1 Kissimmee River Big Cypress National Preserve. 2 Other professional teams According to Miami's Beacon Council the top government employers in 2014 in the county were:! .

Oleta River State Park White (non-Hispanic): 15.4% (White total 73.8% when including White Hispanics), 6.2.2 Newsweek Hydrology In the 1980s due to a combination of clubs staying open till 5 AM and the glut of easily available drugs Miami's dance scene began to get noticed internationally in 1985 the Winter Music Conference a yearly week-long dance music conference/convention/showcase started in South Florida the event has happened in Miami ever since WMC as it is also known as is famous as well for its Ultra Music Festival which happens the same week By the 1990s many local DJs and producers where getting noticed Acts like Murk aka Funky Green Dogs Planet Soul and DJs like Robbie Rivera were all getting air play not just in Florida but around the world Clubs like Space Crobar and Mansion also attracted first class international DJ as well increasing the musics popularity Miami would wind up allowing its night clubs to stay open 24 hours on the weekend Thus increasing the demand for dance music Clubs would regularly have internationally known DJs as well as local acts such as Ivano Bellini Patrick M and a long list of others spin into the next day! ; 2.4.1 Later immigration In 2003 the controversial Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiation occurred it was a proposed agreement to reduce trade barriers while increasing intellectual property rights During the 2003 meeting in Miami the Free Trade Area of the Americas was met by heavy opposition from anti-corporatization and anti-globalization protests. In addition many military schools supply stations and communications facilities were established in the area Rather than building large army bases to train the men needed to fight the war the Army and Navy came to South Florida and converted hotels to barracks movie theaters to classrooms and local beaches and golf courses to training grounds Overall over five hundred thousand enlisted men and fifty thousand officers were trained in South Florida After the end of the war many servicemen and women returned to Miami causing the population to rise to nearly half a million by 1950. 1978 55.6% 1,406,580 44.4% 1,123,888, The zip codes for Downtown include 33128 33130 33131 and 33132 the area covers 2.117 square miles (5.48 km2) as of 2000 there were 6,451 males and 4,792 females the median age for males were 34.5 years old while the median age for females were 35.8 years old the average household size had 1.9 people while the average family size had 2.8 members the percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 25.5% while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.5% and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 5.8% 15.3% of the population was in correctional institutions 1.6% of the population was in other group homes the percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 27.6% while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 13.9%. ; The influence of Cuban culture and music history on the music of South Florida is undeniable the 1997 hit album Buena Vista Social Club was performed by a group featuring former stars of the Havana nightclub scene it won a Grammy became a hit and was listed in 2003 by Rolling Stone magazine as #260 in the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Before the construction of routes under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Florida began construction of a long cross-state toll road Florida's Turnpike the first section from Fort Pierce south to the Golden Glades Interchange was completed in 1957 After a second section north through Orlando to Wildwood (near present-day the Villages) and a southward extension around Miami to Homestead it was finished in 1974, FIU's campus has been the set for many films television shows and music videos One of the earliest television shows to have filmed at FIU was Miami Vice in 1985 in the episode "The Fix" the FIU Arena was used as one of the scenes the TV show Burn Notice has also filmed various episodes at FIU with scenes at the College of Business Buildings and the Diaz-Balart College of Law Building in 2007 Chris Brown filmed the music video for his song "Kiss Kiss" at FIU with scenes near the Frost Art Museum and around the Graham Center Various telenovelas for Telemundo and Univision have filmed television episodes at FIU as well in 2007 Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos was filmed in the Graham Center. Hard Rock Stadium home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and plays host to the Miami Hurricanes, Overview SR 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway): SR 874/Kendall to U.S Route 1/Pinecrest & South Miami.