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Times/WSJ 501-600 The First Coconut Grove School built in 1887 served as both the religious and educational center of the pioneer community in 1889 the building was rented to the School Board for the purpose of servicing children in District #3 the first teachers at the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse included C.L Trapp and Flora McFarlane the first students in attendance included Annie and Harry Peacock; John James Trinni and Mary Pent; and Lillian Grace Charlie and Joseph Frow, 1956 42.7% 480,371 57.3% 643,849 Western Atlantic Subarctic Miami Florida Business directory Downtown Miami; . Lowe Art Museum (University of Miami Coral Gables) 17 Boynton Beach Palm Beach 60,389 68,217 78,050 +14.41% Demographics Villages of Oriole Miami Florida Business directory! Miami is the home of many college sports teams the two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes whose football team formerly played at the Miami Orange Bowl from 1937 until 2008 moving to Sun Life Stadium subsequently and Florida International University Panthers whose football team plays at FIU Stadium, British surveyor John Gerard de Brahm who mapped the coast of Florida in 1773 called the area "River Glades" Both Marjory Stoneman Douglas and linguist Wallace McMullen suggest that cartographers substituted "Ever" for "River".[clarification needed] the name "Everglades" first appeared on a map in 1823 although it was also spelled as "Ever Glades" as late as 1851 the Seminole call it Pahokee meaning "Grassy Water." the region was labeled "Pa-hai-okee" on a U.S military map from 1839 although it had earlier been called "Ever Glades" throughout the Second Seminole War, Central Atlantic 1980 1,625,781 28.2%. Consulates M Miami enjoys a vibrant culture that is influenced by a diverse population from all around the world Miami is known as the "Magic City" for seemingly popping up overnight due to its young age and massive growth It is also nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America" because of its high population of Spanish-speakers. Barry University became a member of the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) in June 1988 and a member of NCAA Division II since 1984 the Buccaneers have won 16 NCAA Division II national championships (women's soccer 1989 1992 1993; volleyball 1995 2001 2004; men's golf 2007 2013 2014; men's tennis 2010 2013 2015; women's tennis 2011 2014 and rowing 2015 2016) and 65 SSC titles the Bucs have produced 309 All-Americans and 361 Scholar All-Americans. White Non-Hispanic: 31.1% [1,887,819], In 2017 Florida became the United States' eighth largest exporter of trade goods Florida's top countries for export are Brazil Canada Mexico Germany and Colombia in 2017 Florida became the United States' tenth largest importer of trade goods Florida imported US$75.4 billion worth of goods globally in 2017 the value of Florida's imports equals 3.2% of United States' overall imported products for 2017 Florida's top countries for imports are China Mexico Canada Germany and France, Maintenance facility View from one of the higher points in Miami west of downtown the highest natural point in the city of Miami is in Coconut Grove near the bay along the Miami Rock Ridge at 24 feet (7.3 m) above sea level.

Florida Memorial University (private/historically black), Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 under Spanish flag Six years later Vasco da Gama reached India under Portuguese flag by navigating south around the Cape of Good Hope thus proving that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are connected in 1500 in his voyage to India following Vasco da Gama Pedro Alvares Cabral reached Brazil taken by the currents of the South Atlantic Gyre Following these explorations Spain and Portugal quickly conquered and colonized large territories in the New World and forced the Amerindian population into slavery in order to explore the vast quantities of silver and gold they found Spain and Portugal monopolized this trade in order to keep other European nations out but conflicting interests nevertheless led to a series of Spanish-Portuguese wars a peace treaty mediated by the Pope divided the conquered territories into Spanish and Portuguese sectors while keeping other colonial powers away England France and the Dutch Republic enviously watched the Spanish and Portuguese wealth grow and allied themselves with pirates such as Henry Mainwaring and Alexandre Exquemelin They could explore the convoys leaving the Americas because prevailing winds and currents made the transport of heavy metals slow and predictable. Source: PRISM Climate Group, 4.2 Rock The newspaper averages 88 pages daily and 212 pages on Sundays.[needs update]! FIU students can also study abroad in Paris France via MICEFA, Mangonia Park 2.1 Central business district ("downtown"), Population 2010 Johnson & Wales University (private) 2000 40,556 12.2%. Rank City County 2000 Transportation Florida has 131 public airports Florida's seven large hub and medium hub airports as classified by the FAA are the following:.