The Homestead-Miami Speedway oval has hosted NASCAR Cup Series and IndyCar Series events Temporary street circuits at Museum Park hosted several CART IMSA GT and American Le Mans Series races between from 1986-1995 as well as a Formula E race in 2015 the Palm Beach International Raceway is a minor road course. (29.6) Demographics Key Biscayne 8.1 Fisheries 2016 47.8% 4,504,975 49.0% 4,617,886 Southern rap is a category of hip hop music that arose from the influences of hip hop culture in New York City and California in the late 1990s in cities such as Miami New Orleans Atlanta Memphis Houston and Dallas Miami and Southern Florida are a major hub and driving force for Southern rap Floridian artists such as Plies Epitaph DJ Laz Trick Daddy Pitbull Flo Rida Stack$ JT Money Carl Lovett Rick Ross Trina Jacki-O Gold Rush Pretty Ricky and 2 Live Crew.
The Venetian Causeway (left) and MacArthur Causeway (right) connect Downtown and South Beach Miami Beach, 1 History (26.4) 73.8 Phosphate mining concentrated in the Bone Valley is the state's third-largest industry the state produces about 75% of the phosphate required by farmers in the United States and 25% of the world supply with about 95% used for agriculture (90% for fertilizer and 5% for livestock feed supplements) and 5% used for other products. Main article: List of invasive species in the Everglades The Miami metropolitan area contains all or part of nine Congressional districts: the 18th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th and 27th districts as of 2017 (the 113th Congress) the Cook Partisan Voting Index listed four as being Republican-leaning: the 18th 25th 26th and 27th with the 25th being the most Republican-leaning at R+5 and five as being Democratic-leaning: the 20th 21st 22nd 23rd and 24th with the 24th being the most Democratic-leaning at D+34 making it the ninth-most Democratic-leaning district in the nation. 8.3 Other areas and attractions History Main article: Florida Bay Miami Florida Business directory The Miami accent is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially the New York area dialect Northern New Jersey English and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects the "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed). Before the construction of routes under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Florida began construction of a long cross-state toll road Florida's Turnpike the first section from Fort Pierce south to the Golden Glades Interchange was completed in 1957 After a second section north through Orlando to Wildwood (near present-day the Villages) and a southward extension around Miami to Homestead it was finished in 1974, In 2009 fishing was a $6 billion industry employing 60,000 jobs for sports and commercial purposes. In 2004 the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reported that Miami had the highest proportion of foreign-born residents of any major city worldwide (59%) followed by Toronto (50%), Park West is the neighborhood just west of Museum Park east of NW 1st Ave south of I-195 and north of NE 6th St Park West was primarily known for its nightclubs and in recent years has been the talk of much revitalization and project proposals for the revitalization of the area By the end of 2015 most of the nightclubs along the former club row west of the MetroMover from the Freedom Tower station to the Eleventh Street Station have been demolished to make way for planned construction of Miami World Center Park West is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station and by three Metromover stations on the Omni Loop, Miami Florida Business directory. Club Sport League Venue (Capacity) Attendance League Championships In television and entertainment Kirill Reznik A number of magazines circulate throughout the greater Miami area including Miami Monthly Southeast Florida's only city/regional; Ocean Drive a hot-spot social scene glossy; and South Florida Business Leader. 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. 1870 85 2.4% In the background were the well-publicized extensions of the Florida East Coast Railway first to West Palm Beach (1894) then Miami (1896) and finally Key West 1912 the Everglades were being drained creating new dry land Finally World War I cut off the rich from their seasons on the French Riviera so a part of the U.S with a Mediterranean climate had a lot of possibilities, Everglades National Park 4 Pembroke Pines Broward 137,427 154,750 172,374 +11.39% This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it (July 2011).
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