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9.1 Colleges and universities Florida is host to many types of wildlife including: The Downtown Miami Historic District is the city's largest historic district with buildings ranging from 1896 to 1939 in the heart of Downtown! . Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA ICAO: KMIA FAA LID: MIA) also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field is the primary airport serving the Miami area with over 1,000 daily flights to 167 domestic and international destinations the airport is in an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County Florida 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Downtown Miami in metropolitan Miami adjacent to the cities of Miami and Miami Springs and the village of Virginia Gardens Nearby are the cities of Hialeah and Doral and the Census-designated place of Fontainebleau, South Florida (colloquially and locally known as SoFlo) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises Florida's southernmost counties including Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach It is the fourth most populous urban agglomeration in the United States It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions the others being Central Florida and North Florida it includes the populous Miami metropolitan area the Everglades and the Florida Keys South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate, 3.3.2 Concourse J Temple Israel of Greater Miami (1926). Engineering 145 9 References The idea of a national park for the Everglades was pitched in 1928 when a Miami land developer named Ernest F Coe established the Everglades Tropical National Park Association it had enough support to be declared a national park by Congress in 1934 it took another 13 years to be dedicated on December 6 1947 One month before the dedication of the park a former editor from the Miami Herald and freelance writer named Marjory Stoneman Douglas released her first book titled the Everglades: River of Grass After researching the region for five years she described the history and ecology of the South Florida in great detail She characterized the Everglades as a river instead of a stagnant swamp the last chapter was titled "The Eleventh Hour" and warned that the Everglades were dying although it could be reversed. ! . . 1930 1,468,211 51.6% Tri-Rail service on the FEC line would bring Tri-Rail to Downtown's transit hub Government Center Station connecting Downtown directly to Midtown Miami/Miami Design District Upper East Side/Miami Shores North Miami North Miami Beach/Aventura Downtown Hollywood and Downtown Fort Lauderdale Currently rail commuters must transfer onto the Metrorail in Hialeah to get to Downtown Miami's Downtown Development Authority along with Miami-area politicians are actively lobbying to bring Tri-Rail to the city core.

Florida International University has seventeen varsity sports teams named the Panthers the Panthers' athletic colors are blue and gold and compete in the NCAA Division I as part of Conference USA in all sports Three main sports facilities serve as home venues for Panther athletics the Panthers football team plays at FIU Stadium ("The Cage") the men and women's basketball and volleyball teams play at the FIU Arena and the men's baseball team plays at FIU Baseball Stadium Other athletics venues include the Aquatic Center Tennis Complex softball fields and various other recreational fields FIU Arena underwent expansion to add more seating and a modernization of the exterior that was completed in late 2011 on July 1 2013 FIU became a member of Conference USA. Miami MIA Miami International Airport Large Hub 20,709,225, Museums and visual arts, Map of Miami in 1955 On July 28 1896 the incorporation meeting to make Miami a city took place the right to vote was restricted to all men who resided in Miami or Dade County Joseph A McDonald Flagler's chief of construction on the Royal Palm Hotel was elected chairman of the meeting After ensuring that enough voters were present the motion was made to incorporate and organize a city government under the corporate name of "The City of Miami" with the boundaries as proposed John B Reilly who headed Flagler's Fort Dallas land company was the first elected mayor. 1978 55.6% 1,406,580 44.4% 1,123,888 American Airlines Arena home of the Miami Heat of the NBA 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. 3 Terminals and concourses History 2006 45.1% 2,178,289 52.2% 2,519,845 See also: 1968 Miami riot Downtown is South Florida's main hub for finance commerce and international business Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the U.S. . Native to southern Asia the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) is a relatively new invasive species in the Everglades This species can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) long and they compete with alligators for the top of the food chain Florida wildlife officials speculate that escaped pythons have begun reproducing in an environment for which they are well-suited in Everglades National Park alone agents removed more than 2,000 Burmese pythons from the park as of 2017 Federal authorities banned four species of exotic snakes including the Burmese python in 2012 the pythons are believed to be responsible for drastic decreases in the populations of some mammals within the park. Theatres and performance arts Green Library and Owa Ehan, 4.1 Structure of county government.