Branch campus Northern Atlantic Florida (/'fl?r?d?/ (About this soundlisten)) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States the state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest by Alabama to the north by Georgia to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the Straits of Florida Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2) the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants) and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S states Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States the Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area Tallahassee is the state's capital; The county is home to 34 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas the northern central and eastern portions of the county are heavily urbanized with many high-rise buildings along the coastline including South Florida's central business district Downtown Miami Southern Miami-Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas which make up the agricultural economy of the region Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami-Dade County's inhabited land area and is sparsely populated a stark contrast to the densely populated urban northern portion of the county, Households and families: There were 2,338,450 households the average household size was 2.6 people Families made up 65% of the households in the Miami area This figure includes both married-couple families (45%) and other families (20%) Nonfamily households made up 35% of all households in Miami Most of the nonfamily households were people living alone but some consisted of people living in households in which no one was related to the householder, In 1763 Spain traded Florida to the Kingdom of Great Britain for control of Havana Cuba which had been captured by the British during the Seven Years' War it was part of a large expansion of British territory following their victory in the Seven Years' War a large portion of the Floridano population left taking along most of the remaining indigenous population to Cuba the British soon constructed the King's Road connecting St Augustine to Georgia the road crossed the St Johns River at a narrow point called Wacca Pilatka or the British name "Cow Ford" ostensibly reflecting the fact that cattle were brought across the river there. Together the entire FIU university-wide Library holdings include over 2,097,207 volumes 52,511 current serials 3,587,663 microform units and 163,715 audio visual units, 3.2 Central Terminal (Yellow), US 27 Aventura Mall In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises. 13.3 Hotel towers, (28.2) 79.5 Miami Jewelry District, (23.3) 78.2 The Mayaimi (also Maymi Maimi) were Native American people who lived around Lake Mayaimi (now Lake Okeechobee) in the Belle Glade area of Florida from the beginning of the Common Era until the 17th or 18th century in the languages of the Mayaimi Calusa and Tequesta tribes Mayaimi meant "big water." the origin of the language has not been determined as the meanings of only ten words were recorded before extinction the linguist Julian Granberry states that the language of the Calusa Mayaimi (which he calls Guacata) and Tequesta people is related to the Tunica language the current name Okeechobee is derived from the Hitchiti word meaning "big water" the Mayaimis have no linguistic or cultural relationship with the Miamis of Great Lakes region the city of Miami is named after the Miami River which derived its name from Lake Mayaimi. Main article: Sports in Florida, Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s, 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). Police Department 2000 48.8% 2,912,253 48.9% 2,912,790 In Florida each county is also a school district Each district is headed by an elected school board a professional superintendent manages the day-to-day operations of each district who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the School Board. Two catastrophic hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 caused Lake Okeechobee to breach its levees killing thousands of people the government began to focus on the control of floods rather than drainage the Okeechobee Flood Control District was created in 1929 financed by both state and federal funds President Herbert Hoover toured the towns affected by the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to assist the communities surrounding the lake Between 1930 and 1937 a dike 66 miles (106 km) long was built around the southern edge of the lake Control of the Hoover Dike and the waters of Lake Okeechobee were delegated to federal powers: the United States declared legal limits of the lake to between 14 and 17 feet (4.3 and 5.2 m) a massive canal was also constructed 80 feet (24 m) wide and 6 feet (1.8 m) deep through the Caloosahatchee River; whenever the lake rose too high the excess water left through the canal More than $20 million was spent on the entire project Sugarcane production soared after the dike and canal were built the populations of the small towns surrounding the lake jumped from 3,000 to 9,000 after World War II, Mangrove and Coastal prairie Treasure Coast First Coast Miami other professional sports teams. (27.8) 83.5 The North Terminal construction merged the four piers into a single linear concourse designated Concourse D This configuration was adopted in order to increase the number of aircraft that can simultaneously arrive and depart from the terminal allowing each gate to handle approximately twice as many operations per day the construction process started with the extension of the original a and D concourses in the late 1990s By the mid-2000s the gates on the east side of Concourse D were closed in order to make room for new gates being constructed as part of the North Terminal Development project in 2004 a new extension to the west was opened consisting of Gates D39 through D51 Concourse B was demolished in 2005; in summer 2009 Gates D21 to D25 opened where Concourse B once stood Concourse C was demolished in 2009; in August 2013 Gates D26 D27 and D28 opened where Concourse C once stood and were the final North Terminal gates to open Concourse a closed in November 2007 and re-opened in July 2010 as a 14-gate eastern extension of Concourse D in August 2010 a further extension for American Eagle flights was opened designated as Gate D60!
See also: Sport in Miami 4.1 Miami Herald's Silver Knight Awards. The Wish Book program lets community members who are suffering from hardships ask for help from the paper's readers Wishes have included asking for donations to buy medical equipment for a sick child help with renovations to make a home wheelchair-accessible monetary donations to an impoverished family dealing with cancer treatments and help to an elderly resident wanting to learn how to use a computer Readers may donate to specific causes or to the program at large.[citation needed].
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