See also: List of Florida locations by per capita income, 2.3 Arts & Entertainment District Greek life. . Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992 However it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan (1980 1984) and once for George H W Bush (1988) From 1904 to 1972 it supported the Democratic candidate in all but four elections in 2008 and 2012 approximately 59.69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2016 Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63.22% of the vote, The following table provides descriptions of higher education in international business and its benefits, 3.3 Languages Davie 91,992 75,720 Broward Miami is the home to the National Hurricane Center and the headquarters of the United States Southern Command responsible for military operations in Central and South America Miami is also an industrial center especially for stone quarrying and warehousing These industries are centered largely on the western fringes of the city near Doral and Hialeah! . ; In addition to annual festivals like the Calle Ocho Festival Miami is home to many entertainment venues theaters museums parks and performing arts centers the newest addition to the Miami arts scene is the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts home of the Florida Grand Opera and the second-largest performing arts center in the United States after Lincoln Center in New York City the center attracts many large-scale operas ballets concerts and musicals from around the world Other performing arts venues in Miami include the Olympia Theater Wertheim Performing Arts Center the Fair Expo Center the Tower Theater and the Bayfront Park Amphitheater, In 1766 Samuel Touchett received a land grant from the British government of 20,000 acres (81 km2) in the Miami area the grant was surveyed by Bernard Romans in 1772 a condition for making the grant permanent was that at least one white settler had to live on the grant for every 100 acres (0.4 km2) of land While Touchett wanted to place a plantation on the grant he was having financial problems and was never able to develop it. Ten Thousand Islands 4.2.1 Overview Contents The British governors were directed to call general assemblies as soon as possible in order to make laws for the Floridas and in the meantime they were with the advice of councils to establish courts This was the first introduction of the English-derived legal system which Florida still has today including trial by jury habeas corpus and county-based government Neither East Florida nor West Florida sent any representatives to Philadelphia to draft the Declaration of Independence Florida remained a Loyalist stronghold for the duration of the American Revolution. Fort Dallas built in 1836 Invasive species 1 History Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.62 1.4 Hurricanes Class of 1983 The Miami Jewelry District is a sub-neighborhood of Downtown within the Central Business District historically known for its numerous jewelry stores jewelers and gem dealers It is where a variety of jeweled products are sold and is one of the three jewelry districts in the United States it comprises four city blocks bounded by North Miami Avenue NE 2nd Avenue East Flagler Street and NE 2nd St Shoppers can find designer jewelry precious stones and gold and silver items at street level in various retail jewelry stores the Jewelry District can be accessed by public transportation through the Metromover and Metrorail.
! South Beach, Ocean floor (Most Recent), Pan American World Airways's ("Pan Am") first terminal consisted of a single hangar the airport was the base of Pan Am's overseas flights to Cuba but fell into disuse when the airline switched to amphibious seaplanes at International Pan American Airport with the famous Pan American Clipper in the mid-1930s; In 2003 the Miami Herald and El Universal of Mexico City created an international joint venture and in 2004 they together launched the Herald Mexico a short-lived English-language newspaper for readers in Mexico Its final issue was published in May 2007. Overview Main article: Transportation in Florida, Brightline train at Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach 4.2 Rock Pompano Beach 99,845 78,191 Broward The geologic formations that have the most influence on the Everglades are the Miami Limestone and the Fort Thompson Formation the Miami Limestone has two facies the Miami Oolite facies which underlies the Atlantic Coastal Ridge from southern Palm Beach County to southern Miami-Dade County is made up of ooids: tiny formations of egg-shaped concentric shells and calcium carbonate formed around a single grain of sand or shell fragment the other facies which underlies the eastern lower Everglades (in Miami-Dade County and part of Monroe County) consists of fossilized bryozoan organisms the unique structure was some of the first material used in housing in early 20th-century South Florida the composition of this sedimentary formation affects the hydrology plant life and wildlife above it: the rock is especially porous and stores water during the dry season in the Everglades and its chemical composition determines the vegetation prevalent in the region the Miami Oolite facies also acts to impede flow of water from the Everglades to the ocean between Fort Lauderdale and Coot Bay (near Cape Sable). Cecilia Altonaga Following the American Civil War Florida's congressional representation was restored on June 25 1868 albeit forcefully after Radical Reconstruction and the installation of unelected government officials under the final authority of federal military commanders After the Reconstruction period ended in 1876 white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in 1885 they created a new constitution followed by statutes through 1889 that disfranchised most blacks and many poor whites.
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