6.1.1 Calusa and Tequesta 1880 269,493 43.5%, 3 Military Tourism is one of the Miami's largest private-sector industries accounting for more than 144,800 jobs in Miami-Dade County the city's frequent portrayal in music film and popular culture has made the city and its landmarks recognizable worldwide in 2016 it attracted the second-highest number of foreign tourists of any city in the United States after New York City and is among the top 20 cities worldwide by international visitor spending More than 15.9 million visitors arrived in Miami in 2017 adding US$26.1 billion to the economy With a large hotel infrastructure and the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Center Miami is a popular destination for annual conventions and conferences. During the mid-1930s the Art Deco district of Miami Beach was developed Also during this time on February 15 1933 an assassination attempt was made on President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt While Roosevelt was giving a speech in Miami's Bayfront Park Giuseppe Zangara an Italian anarchist opened fire Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago who was shaking hands with Roosevelt was shot and died two weeks later Four other people were wounded but President-elect Roosevelt was not harmed Zangara was quickly tried for Cermak's murder and was executed by the electric chair on March 20 1933 in Raiford Florida, Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is the correction agency, In 2010 51.1% of the county's population was foreign born with 48.7% being naturalized American citizens Of foreign-born residents 93.0% were born in Latin America 3.2% were born in Europe 2.7% born in Asia 0.5% born in Africa 0.5% in North America and 0.1% were born in Oceania! 3.3 Languages Treemap of the popular vote by county 2016 presidential election, 11.3 Airports College of Architecture and the Arts.
Florida overall was ranked the 7th best state in America for educating students at all levels by U.S News & World Report in 2018! . . Southeast Financial Center the tallest skyscraper built in the 1980s office boom (20.3) 70.8 Concourse J In September 2008 the school board bought out Dr Rudy Crew's contract with the district due to mismanaging the budget and his relations with other board members He was replaced by Alberto Carvalho who was previously a science teacher in this school system.[citation needed]! Miramar 122,041 72,739 Broward Alternatively nearby Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport also serves commercial traffic in the Miami area Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Opa-locka and Miami Executive Airport in an unincorporated area southwest of Miami serve general aviation traffic in the Miami area, 14 Notes I-75 Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport Miami-Dade, The term "Aethiopian Ocean" derived from Ancient Ethiopia was applied to the Southern Atlantic as late as the mid-19th century During the Age of Discovery the Atlantic was also known to English cartographers as the Great Western Ocean. Student Government Association 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].
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