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Colleges and schools A 2007 survey by geographers Ary J Lamme and Raymond K Oldakowski found that the "Glades" has emerged as a distinct vernacular region of Florida it comprises the interior areas and southernmost Gulf Coast of South Florida largely corresponding to the Everglades itself It is one of the most sparsely populated areas of the state. Having started as a two-year upper division university serving the Miami area FIU has grown into a much larger traditional university and serves international students More than $600 million has been invested in campus construction with the addition of new residence halls the FIU Stadium recreation center student center and Greek life mansions as well as the fielding of the Division I-A Golden Panthers football team in 2002, Early settlement Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan In 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of the Miami-Dade area. Hard Rock Stadium home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and plays host to the Miami Hurricanes Initially most residents wanted to name the city "Flagler" However Henry Flagler was adamant that the new city would not be named after him So on July 28 1896 the City of Miami named after the Miami River was incorporated with 502 voters including 100 registered black voters the blacks provided the primary labor force for the building of Miami.[citation needed] Clauses in land deeds confined blacks to the northwest section of Miami which became known as "Colored Town" (today's Overtown). . 2.4.3 1990s Students Florida U.S Census Miami-Dade County is home to many private and public universities and colleges The cost of restoring the rail link between the port and the Hialeah Railyard was estimated at $46.9 million $28 million of which was applied for through a federal grant in 2010 Later that year a grant of $22 million was awarded for this project as well as to build an on site intermodal rail yard at the port During the 2000s the percent of Florida East Coast Railway's business has increased from around 60% to around 80% intermodal freight However this was partially due to a decrease in other freight traffic caused by the 2008 recession which reduced the number of trains many carrying rock aggregate used in construction from about 20 to 14 per day. 14 Sister states, 1976 51.9% 1,636,000 46.6% 1,469,531 In 1999 an evaluation of the C&SF was submitted to Congress as part of the Water Development Act of 1992 the seven-year report called the "Restudy" cited indicators of harm to the ecosystem: a 50 percent reduction in the original Everglades diminished water storage harmful timing of water releases from canals and pumping stations an 85 to 90 percent decrease in wading bird populations over the past 50 years and the decline of output from commercial fisheries Bodies of water including Lake Okeechobee the Caloosahatchee River St Lucie estuary Lake Worth Lagoon Biscayne Bay Florida Bay and the Everglades reflected drastic water level changes hypersalinity and dramatic changes in marine and freshwater ecosystems the Restudy noted the overall decline in water quality over the past 50 years was due to loss of wetlands that act as filters for polluted water it predicted that without intervention the entire South Florida ecosystem would deteriorate Water shortages would become common and some cities would have annual water restrictions, After Eastern's shutdown in 1991 it was used by a variety of European and Latin American airlines; by the 2000s (decade) American Airlines was its sole tenant the concourse was closed in 2004 and torn down the following year as part of the North Terminal Development project the immigration and customs hall remained open until 2007 when it was closed along with Concourse A; Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis.

As of 2010 28.07% of the population spoke only English at home while 63.77% of the population spoke Spanish 4.22% spoke French Creole (mainly Haitian Creole) 0.64% French and 0.55% Portuguese 52% of the county residents were born outside the United States while 71.93% of the population spoke a language other than English at home, By 1913 the Seminole in the Everglades numbered no more than 325 They made a living by hunting and trading with white settlers and raised domesticated animals the Seminole made their villages in hardwood hammocks or pinelands had diets of hominy and coontie roots fish turtles venison and small game Their villages were not large due to the limited size of the hammocks Between the end of the last Seminole War and 1930 the people lived in relative isolation from the majority culture, The land seemed to inspire extreme reactions of both wonder or hatred During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote "It is in fact a most hideous region to live in a perfect paradise for Indians alligators serpents frogs and every other kind of loathsome reptile." in 1897 explorer Hugh Willoughby spent eight days canoeing with a party from the mouth of the Harney River to the Miami River He sent his observations to the New Orleans Times-Democrat Willoughby described the water as healthy and wholesome with numerous springs and 10,000 alligators "more or less" in Lake Okeechobee the party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River "killing hundreds but they continued to return" Willoughby pointed out that much of the rest of the country had been explored and mapped except for this part of Florida writing "(w)e have a tract of land one hundred and thirty miles long and seventy miles wide that is as much unknown to the white man as the heart of Africa.". Another major Cuban exodus occurred in 1994 to prevent it from becoming another Mariel Boatlift the Clinton Administration announced a significant change in U.S policy In a controversial action the administration announced that Cubans interdicted at sea would not be brought to the United States but instead would be taken by the Coast Guard to U.S military installations at Guantanamo Bay or to Panama During an eight-month period beginning in the summer of 1994 over 30,000 Cubans and more than 20,000 Haitians were interdicted and sent to live in camps outside the United States, (29.6) 2010 47.7% 2,557,785 48.9% 2,619,335. . . 5 8671, FIU also has international campuses in Asia and Europe the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum has a regional facility in Nervi Italy the School of Architecture has facilities in Genoa Italy for FIU's upper-division and graduate Architecture students and the Florida International University Tianjin Center in China from which a branch of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management operates the Tianjin Center was constructed as a cooperative venture with the local municipal government and was opened in the Summer of 2006 FIU has also exchanged agreements with the American University in Dubai so that FIU students can now take a semester abroad in Dubai, 8 Sites of interest.