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. Tri-Rail also services the county, When the first Europeans visited in the mid-1500s the inhabitants of the Miami area were the Tequesta people who controlled an area covering much of southeastern Florida including what is now Miami-Dade County Broward County and the southern parts of Palm Beach County the Tequesta Indians fished hunted and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food but did not practice any form of agriculture They buried the small bones of the deceased but put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see the Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle, A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Miami the eighth-most walkable of the fifty largest cities in the United States but a 2013 survey by Travel + Leisure ranked Miami 34th for "public transportation and pedestrian friendliness". Most of the western fringes of the city border the Everglades a tropical marshland covering most of the southern portion of Florida Alligators that live in the marshes have ventured into Miami communities and onto major highways, High rise construction in Downtown Miami in 2007. The Miami Jewelry District is a sub-neighborhood of Downtown within the Central Business District historically known for its numerous jewelry stores jewelers and gem dealers It is where a variety of jeweled products are sold and is one of the three jewelry districts in the United States it comprises four city blocks bounded by North Miami Avenue NE 2nd Avenue East Flagler Street and NE 2nd St Shoppers can find designer jewelry precious stones and gold and silver items at street level in various retail jewelry stores the Jewelry District can be accessed by public transportation through the Metromover and Metrorail! Francis X Suarez Mayor of the City of Miami Seminoles made their home in the Everglades - Foreign language requirement.

. . In the 1960s and 1970s the Attorney General's authority was used to grant parole or special permission to allow Cubans to enter the country However parole only allows an individual permission to enter the country not to stay permanently to allow these immigrants to stay the Cuban Adjustment Act was passed in 1966 This act provides that the immigration status of any Cuban who arrived since 1959 who has been physically present in the United States for at least a year "may be adjusted by the Attorney General to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" (green card holder) the individual must be admissible to the United States (i.e not disqualified on criminal or other grounds), 10 External links Main article: Arts & Entertainment District, Limestone and aquifers Estimated numbers of Calusa at the beginning of the Spanish occupation ranged from 4,000 to 7,000 the society declined in power and population; by 1697 their number was estimated to be about 1,000 in the early 18th century the Calusa came under attack from the Yamasee to the north They asked the Spanish for refuge in Cuba where almost 200 died of illness Soon they were relocated again to the Florida Keys. ?SF ?F? F?S ??? Major airports Downtown is also home to many international chambers of commerce these include:, Downtown is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Government Center Station and by 13 Metromover stations on the Downtown Brickell and Omni Loops, Main article: Florida Bay Later immigration Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis. A storm over the Shark River in the Everglades 1966 Jacksonville metropolitan area SR 112 (Airport Expressway): Interstate 95 to MIA. As of 2010 those of African ancestry accounted for 16.0% of Florida's population which includes African Americans Out of the 16.0% 4.0% (741,879) were West Indian or Afro-Caribbean American During the early 1900s black people made up nearly half of the state's population in response to segregation disfranchisement and agricultural depression many African Americans migrated from Florida to northern cities in the Great Migration in waves from 1910 to 1940 and again starting in the later 1940s They moved for jobs better education for their children and the chance to vote and participate in society by 1960 the proportion of African Americans in the state had declined to 18% Conversely large numbers of northern whites moved to the state.[citation needed] Today large concentrations of black residents can be found in northern and central Florida Aside from blacks descended from African slaves brought to the southern U.S. there are also large numbers of blacks of West Indian recent African and Afro-Latino immigrant origins especially in the Miami/South Florida area. .