Historical population Main article: Seminole, 1.2 Joining the United States; Indian removal Concourse a was a recent addition to the airport opening in two phases between 1995 and 1998 the concourse is now part of the North Terminal Between 1995 and 2007 the concourse housed many of American Airlines' domestic and international flights as well as those of many European and Latin American carriers; ! Scientific explorations of the Atlantic include the Challenger expedition the German Meteor expedition Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the United States Navy Hydrographic Office. The demographics of South Florida residents can be segmented as following:, Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army.
Florida attracted numerous Africans and African Americans from adjacent British colonies who sought freedom from slavery in 1738 Governor Manuel de Montiano established Fort Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose near St Augustine a fortified town for escaped slaves to whom Montiano granted citizenship and freedom in return for their service in the Florida militia and which became the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in North America, History Main articles: New Spain Spanish Florida French and Indian War Treaty of Paris (1763) West Florida East Florida Indian Reserve (1763) American Revolutionary War Gulf Coast campaign Treaty of Paris (1783) and Spanish West Florida, In 2013 the state of Florida announced it would replace the FCAT statewide with Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams the PARCC exams were planned for introduction during the 2014-2015 school year Concerns over PARCC include longer testing times in comparison to the FCAT's 12-day testing window PARCC would be spread out over 20 days There were concerns over the fact that PARCC had not yet as of 2013 been "developed designed nor tested.". . . Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992 However it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan (1980 1984) and once for George H W Bush (1988) From 1904 to 1972 it supported the Democratic candidate in all but four elections in 2008 and 2012 approximately 59.69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2016 Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63.22% of the vote. Florida Atlantic University In 1960 non-Hispanic whites represented 80% of Miami-Dade county's population in 1970 the Census Bureau reported Miami's population as 45.3% Hispanic 32.9% non-Hispanic White and 22.7% Black Miami's explosive population growth has been driven by internal migration from other parts of the country primarily up until the 1980s as well as by immigration primarily from the 1960s to the 1990s Today immigration to Miami has continued and Miami's growth today is attributed greatly to its fast urbanization and high-rise construction which has increased its inner city neighborhood population densities such as in Downtown Brickell and Edgewater where one area in Downtown alone saw a 2,069% increase in population in the 2010 Census Miami is regarded as more of a multicultural mosaic than it is a melting pot with residents still maintaining much of or some of their cultural traits the overall culture of Miami is heavily influenced by its large population of Hispanics from the Caribbean and South America and blacks mainly from the Caribbean islands, Fire protection at the airport is provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Station 12, FIU has many traditions from student spirit groups alumni association events and student spirit events Panther Rage one of FIU's largest student spirit groups are seen at all the athletics events; Historical population Italy-America Chamber of Commerce 5 Hollywood Broward 139,357 140,768 154,823 +9.98% A Panoramic View of Concourses G and H as well as the new Concourse J from the south. Seaports 7.1 Kissimmee River This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message), Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defined the limits of the oceans and seas in 1953 but some of these definitions have been revised since then and some are not used by various authorities institutions and countries see for example the CIA World Factbook Correspondingly the extent and number of oceans and seas varies!
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