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! Hydrology The geographical area of Florida diminished with the establishment of English settlements to the north and French claims to the west the English attacked St Augustine burning the city and its cathedral to the ground several times Spain built the Castillo de San Marcos in 1672 and Fort Matanzas in 1742 to defend Florida's capital city from attacks and to maintain its strategic position in the defense of the Captaincy General of Cuba and the Spanish West Indies. Hallandale Beach Of the county's 2.6 million total residents (as of 2013) approximately 52% live in unincorporated areas the majority of which are heavily suburbanized These residents are part of the Unincorporated Municipal Services Area (UMSA) for these residents the County fills the role of both lower- and upper-tier government the County Commission acting as their lower-tier municipal representative body Residents within UMSA pay a UMSA tax equivalent to a city tax which is used to provide County residents with equivalent city services (police fire zoning water and sewer etc.) Residents of incorporated areas do not pay UMSA tax, Miami Herald's Silver Knight Awards Class of 2012 4.1 Passenger 1 History Map of Caribbean showing seven approximately parallel westward-pointing arrows that extend from east of the Virgin Islands to Cuba the southern arrows bend northward just east of the Dominican Republic before straightening out again. 3.1 2000s: a new era 2.1 Early history Forbes 459, Florida is mostly Christian although there is a large irreligious and relatively significant Jewish community Protestants account for almost half of the population but the Catholic Church is the largest single denomination in the state mainly due to its large Hispanic population and other groups like Haitians Protestants are very diverse although Baptists Methodists Pentecostals and nondenominational Protestants are the largest groups There is also a sizable Jewish community in South Florida This is the largest Jewish population in the southern U.S and the third-largest in the U.S behind those of New York and California; The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth the few published accounts from that period describe the area as a wilderness that held much promise the area was also characterized as "one of the finest building sites in Florida" After the Great Freeze of 1894 the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived Julia Tuttle a local landowner convinced Henry Flagler a railroad tycoon to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to Miami on July 28 1896 Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300. . . (24.8) 78.9 1850 159 -64.3% U.S News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" (2015) ranks the undergraduate international business program 6th in the nation it 2015 it ranked the Chapman Graduate School of Business 15th in the nation for an International MBA FIU is also the only university in Florida to be ranked in the top 15 for undergraduate international business, The Student Government contains five separate governing councils- the Student Programming Council the Council for Student Organizations which represents the over 200 or more student clubs and organizations the Homecoming Council Black Student Union and Panther Power the student spirit group the Panther Power group can be seen in all Golden Panthers athletic events along with the Golden Panthers Band the Golden Dazzlers dance team and the Golden Panthers cheerleaders in 2004 MTV's Campus Invasion Tour was held at FIU bringing numerous bands such as Hoobastank to FIU.

. The United States Postal Service operates two post offices in Downtown They are the Brickell Post Office and the Flagler Miami Post Office the Federal Detention Center Miami operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons is located in Downtown. Main article: List of communities in Miami-Dade County Florida, In 2005 82% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 28% had a bachelor's degree or higher Among people 16 to 19 years old 7% were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school the total school enrollment in the Miami metro area was 1.4 million in 2005 Nursery school and kindergarten enrollment was 170,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 879,000 College or graduate school enrollment was 354,000, Inter Miami CF Soccer 2018 Major League Soccer Miami Freedom Park None.