Abadin, Jose R

4.1 Athletics 1 Background and history, 12 See also U.S News & World Report 410 Miami Florida Business directory. In 2009 fishing was a $6 billion industry employing 60,000 jobs for sports and commercial purposes, 7.1 Colleges and universities Miami International Airport (MIA) and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America Due to its strength in international business finance and trade the city has among the largest concentration of international banks in the country primarily along Brickell Avenue in Brickell Miami's financial district Miami was the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations. ; . 1.1 16th to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement, In 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of the Miami-Dade area, Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States the PortMiami It is the largest cruise ship port in the world and is often called the "Cruise Capital of the World" and the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas" it has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over a decade accommodating the largest cruise ships and the major cruise lines in 2017 the port served 5,340,559 cruise passengers Additionally the port is one of the nation's busiest cargo ports importing 9,162,340 tons of cargo in 2017 Among North American ports it ranks second to New Orleans' Port of South Louisiana in terms of cargo tonnage imported from Latin America the port sits on 518 acres (2 km2) and has seven passenger terminals China is the port's number one import country and number one export country Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters home to Carnival Cruise Line Celebrity Cruises Norwegian Cruise Line Oceania Cruises and Royal Caribbean International in 2014 the Port of Miami Tunnel was opened connecting the MacArthur Causeway to PortMiami.

Gusman Center for the Performing Arts is one of the last remaining theaters from the many that once existed on Flagler Street in the 1920s. ! (23.2) 69.0 Cypress 6.2 To/from Tri-Rail/Amtrak Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, 17 Notes Student Government Association 1956 73.7% 747,753 26.3% 266,980! ! .