Initially most residents wanted to name the city "Flagler" However Henry Flagler was adamant that the new city would not be named after him So on July 28 1896 the City of Miami named after the Miami River was incorporated with 502 voters including 100 registered black voters the blacks provided the primary labor force for the building of Miami.[citation needed] Clauses in land deeds confined blacks to the northwest section of Miami which became known as "Colored Town" (today's Overtown), (15.8) 63.1 Occupations and Type of Employer: Among the most common occupations were: 32% were management professional and related occupations 30% were sales and office occupations 18% were service occupations 11% were construction extraction maintenance and repair occupations and 9% were production transportation and material moving occupations 81% of the people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 12% were Federal state or local government workers; and 7% were Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers, Government and infrastructure Asian American 3.4% 3% 5% 5.3 Tourism A pond in the Big Cypress. 5.5 Mangrove and Coastal prairie 8.1 Museums 12 Further reading Contents The South Terminal building and Concourse J opened on August 29 2007 the new addition is seven stories tall and has 15 international-capable gates and a total floor area of 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m2) including two airline lounges and several offices Concourse H primarily serves Delta and its partners in the SkyTeam alliance (such as Aeromexico Air France and KLM) while Concourse J serves several Star Alliance carriers (including Air Canada Avianca and Lufthansa) as well as oneworld carrier LATAM Airlines and Delta affiliate Virgin Atlantic Prior to 2004 when United Airlines eliminated its Latin America hub at MIA the South Terminal was intended to house United and its partners in the Star Alliance; the airport spent $1 billion on construction before United withdrew its hub! . School of Journalism and Mass Communication 4.5% Haitian Average relative humidity (%) 74.6 73.0 70.7 68.3 70.7 75.3 74.7 76.2 77.6 76.6 75.6 75.4 74.1 In 2010 Miami was ranked as the 44th-most bike-friendly city in the US according to Bicycling Magazine. ! . Miami is the home to the National Hurricane Center and the headquarters of the United States Southern Command responsible for military operations in Central and South America Miami is also an industrial center especially for stone quarrying and warehousing These industries are centered largely on the western fringes of the city near Doral and Hialeah!
; . . . Seasonal: Munich 1.6 Presidents, Florida International University's student housing facilities are managed by the Office of Housing and Residential Life and are available on both the main campus and the Biscayne Bay Campus Currently there are 3,009 beds distributed throughout 10 apartment buildings and 6 residence halls at University Park these are the University Park Apartments Panther Hall the University Park Towers Everglades Hall Lakeview Hall North and Lakeview Hall South on the Biscayne Bay Campus after closing Bay Visa Housing to students and long-term leasing the facility to RCL for employee training FIU is developing BayView Student Housing on the BBC campus BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years will house 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay Together approximately 7% of FIU's student population lives on-campus in student housing (not including Greek housing), 2 Special features Buena Vista Design District Liberty City Little Haiti Little River Lummus Park Overtown Spring Garden and Wynwood. Miami Florida Business directory 4.2 Statutes Kendall Largest cities in South Florida by population: 33.0% Elsewhere in the U.S. 2000 48.8% 2,912,253 48.9% 2,912,790. The Miami area has a unique dialect commonly called the "Miami accent" that is widely spoken the accent developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics including Cuban Americans whose first language was English (though some non-Hispanic white black and other races who were born and raised in the Miami area tend to adopt it as well) It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially those in the New York area and Northern New Jersey including New York Latino English) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects and Florida Cracker dialect "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed), 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, Miami bass is a popular style of music from the Miami area of South Florida and is embodied by the musical style of local rap stars such as Trick Daddy Miami bass is a part of the robust music scene in the South Florida metropolitan area which comprises cities such as Miami West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale These cities have many locally famous rappers and DJs who are on their way up in the rap game. In 2011 the FIU Drumline appeared in the music video "Champion" by Nelly the FIU Band and Drumline continue to take part in many parades and shows including appearances on Univision the 2011 Florida Lottery commercial and many others, Main article: Music of Miami In 2015 Florida International University hosted the Miss Universe 2014 pageant in the FIU Arena.
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