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. 8 Miami Gardens Miami-Dade 100,758 107,167 113,069 +5.51% The Miami-Dade County Courthouse built in 1925 is one of many local state and federal courthouses in Downtown centered primarily around Government Center. As seen in 2006 the high-rise construction in Miami has inspired popular opinion of "Miami manhattanization", (31.4) 90.8 U.S News & World Report reported that FIU students are among the least indebted college students in the nation and recognized the university as a "best buy" in higher education.The organization also reported FIU for having one of the safest campus in the United States. 2 Twentieth century 3.3 Ranking, German American Business Chamber, After desegregation Bethune Elementary was converted into a head-start school. Recent history MIA has a number of air cargo facilities the largest cargo complex is located on the west side of the airport inside the triangle formed by Runways 12/30 and 9/27 Cargo carriers such as LAN Cargo Atlas Air Southern Air Amerijet International and DHL operate from this area the largest privately owned facility is the Centurion Cargo complex in the northeast corner of the airport with over 51,000 m2 (550,000 sq ft) of warehouse space FedEx and UPS operate their own facilities in the northwest corner of the airport off of 36th Street in addition to its large passenger terminal in Concourse D American Airlines operates a maintenance base to the east of Concourse D centered around a semicircular hangar originally used by National Airlines which can accommodate three widebody aircraft! . 5 Education The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area, Metrobus (Miami-Dade County) South Dade Transitway (bus rapid transit to Florida City).

Downtown Miami is the historic heart of Miami and along with Coconut Grove is the oldest settled area of Miami with early pioneer settlement dating to the early 19th century Urban development began in the 1890s with the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway by Standard Oil industrialist Henry Flagler down to Miami at the insistence of Julia Tuttle Flagler along with developers such as William Brickell and George E Merrick helped bring developer interest to the city with the construction of hotels resorts homes and the extension of Flagler's rail line Flagler Street originating in Downtown is a major east-west road in Miami named after the tycoon; the Julia Tuttle Causeway crossing Biscayne Bay just north of Downtown in Edgewater is named in honor of Tuttle. . ! 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%), Geographic mobility: in 2005 83% of the people at least one year old living in the Miami metro area were living in the same residence one year earlier; 12% had moved during the past year from another residence in the same county 2% from another county in the same state 2% from another state and 1% from abroad, Further information: Transportation in South Florida 16 See also. !