. In 2010 58.1% of the county's population was foreign born with 41.1% being naturalized American citizens Of foreign-born residents 95.4% were born in Latin America 2.4% were born in Europe 1.4% born in Asia 0.5% born in Africa 0.2% in North America and 0.1% were born in Oceania. World 14,639,041,733.88 14,748,663,389.75 100.00 100.00 Lake Harbor, North Miami 58,786 59,880 Miami-Dade 12.7 Sports facilities, Names There has been growth in globalization in recent decades due to the following factors! Public transportation in the Downtown area is used more than in any other part of Miami and is a vital part of Downtown life Metrorail Miami's heavy rail system makes three stops in Downtown on both the green and orange lines at the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station Government Center Station and the Brickell Station in addition to Metrorail the Metromover train system runs three lines (the Downtown Loop the Omni Loop and the Brickell Loop) with 22 stations throughout Downtown the Metromover is free and stations can be found at roughly every two blocks in Downtown and Brickell. This map made by the U.S military shows the term "Everglades" was in use by 1857, Florida contains the highest percentage of people over 65 (17%) There were 186,102 military retirees living in the state in 2008 About two-thirds of the population was born in another state the second highest in the U.S. 1.5% English In May 2011 the paper announced it had sold 14 acres (5.7 ha) of Biscayne Bayfront land surrounding its headquarters in the Arts & Entertainment District of Downtown Miami for $236 million to a Malaysian resort developer Genting Malaysia Berhad McClatchy announced that the Herald and El Nuevo Herald would be moving to another location by 2013 in May 2013 the paper moved to a new building in suburban Doral the old building was demolished in 2014. 4.2 Education In time the civil right's task force developed into a trust that was given the charge of re-opening the park as an open green space for a multi-cultural society the restoration process was divided into two major areas: environmental and historical the trust undertook the daunting task of removing all exotic vegetation from the park while replenishing the landscape with native vegetation in August 2002 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and given a Florida Historical Marker. Further information: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Hamilton Disston's land sale notice. 11 Education The urban bypass expressway in greater Fort Lauderdale is the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869) connecting the northern Broward County coast at I-95 and Deerfield Beach to I-595 and I-75 at Alligator Alley in Sunrise.
Northeast Florida 1 Early settlement International Hurricane Research Center, Forgotten Coast Tri-Rail fare zone boundary. Booker T Washington High School, According to Miami's Beacon Council the top government employers in 2014 in the county were:, The Miami Dolphins play at Hard Rock Stadium in suburban Miami Gardens while the Florida Panthers play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center; Old U.S Post Office and Courthouse (Miami Florida).jpg Urban planning CR 913 Crandon Boulevard Rickenbacker Causeway extension of SR 913 The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed. Icebergs are common from early February to the end of July across the shipping lanes near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland the ice season is longer in the polar regions but there is little shipping in those areas, Black or African American: 21.2% [1,288,585]. Main article: Miami-Dade Transit The Safety Valve is a series of shallow sand flats separated by tidal flow channels stretching about 8 miles (13 km) from the south end of Key Biscayne to the Ragged Keys at the north end of the Florida Keys the term "safety valve" was applied to the tidal flats by Ralph Munroe who argued against building a causeway and bridges connecting Key Biscayne to the Ragged Keys and beyond on the grounds that such construction would block the free outflow of storm surges from the bay across the flats to the ocean It is believed that it does moderate the effects of storm surges on the bay the transportation of sand southward along the Atlantic Coast of Florida by longshore drift ends in the area of the Safety Valve the structure of the Safety Valve has been stable for at least the last century Stiltsville is a collection of buildings on pilings on several sand flats at the northern end of the Safety Valve. I-95 The south side of the concourse was used by Northeast Airlines until its 1972 merger with Delta Air Lines Likewise National Airlines flew out of the north side of Concourse F until its 1980 merger with Pan Am which continued to use the concourse until its 1991 shutdown When United Airlines acquired Pan Am's Latin American operations the airline carried on operating a focus city out of Concourse F until completely dismantling it by 2004 From 1993 to 2004 Concourse F was also used by Iberia Airlines for its Miami focus city operation which linked Central American capitals to Madrid using MIA as the connecting point as of 2019 Concourse F primarily handles international carriers including Aeroflot Aer Lingus Air Europa Air Italy Cayman Airways Eurowings Surinam Airways TAP Air Portugal TUIFly Volaris and WestJet as well as international charter flights, Demographics Miami-Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas stadiums and complexes in South Florida Some of these sports facilities are:! ; In 1997 Dade County formally changed its name to Miami-Dade County and the school board subsequently changed its name as well Beaches and parks Main article: Central Business District (downtown Miami).
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