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Geography Unlike a consolidated city-county where the city and county governments merge into a single entity these two entities are separate Instead there are two "tiers" or levels of government: city and county There are 34 municipalities in the county the City of Miami being the largest. . . Northern Atlantic Reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census gave the state two more seats in the House of Representatives the legislature's redistricting announced in 2012 was quickly challenged in court on the grounds that it had unfairly benefited Republican interests in 2015 the Florida Supreme Court ruled on appeal that the congressional districts had to be redrawn because of the legislature's violation of the Fair District Amendments to the state constitution passed in 2010; it accepted a new map in early December 2015, Until the early 1990s the runways parking ramp and other features of Tamiami Airport were still visible on campus and clearly discernible in aerial photos Construction has removed all of these features and only the University Tower remains as a memory of the university's past University Park is a lush heavily vegetated campus with many lakes and a 15-acre nature preserve as well as a palm arboretum and has over 90 buildings as of late 2009 current construction at University Park includes the Nursing and Health Sciences Building the School of International and Public Affairs Building and a fifth parking garage, (27.8) 78.4 Southeast Financial Center the tallest skyscraper built in the 1980s office boom.

. Precipitation during the wet season is primarily caused by air mass thunderstorms and the easterly flow out of the subtropical high (Bermuda High) Intense daytime heating of the ground causes the warm moist tropical air to rise creating the afternoon thundershowers typical of tropical climates 2:00 pm is the mean time of daily thundershowers across South Florida and the Everglades Late in the wet season (August and September) precipitation levels reach their highest levels as tropical depressions and lows add to daily rainfall Occasionally tropical lows can become severe tropical cyclones and cause significant damage when the make landfall across south Florida Tropical storms average one a year and major hurricanes about once every ten years Between 1871 and 1981 138 tropical cyclones struck directly over or close to the Everglades Strong winds from these storms disperse plant seeds and replenish mangrove forests coral reefs and other ecosystems Dramatic fluctuations in precipitation are characteristic of the South Florida climate Droughts floods and tropical cyclones are part of the natural water system in the Everglades, 6.2.2 Newsweek Miami's Brickell neighborhood is amongst the fastest-growing areas of Miami-Dade County[citation needed], 12 Sister cities Public services 2 8061. 1.9% Venezuelan FIU has six libraries Green Library FIU's main library; the Glenn Hubert Library (Biscayne Bay Campus) the Wolfsonian Library the Engineering Library the Law Library and the Medical Library the Green Library Hubert Library and Engineering Library Service Center are under the direction of the Dean of University Libraries Other libraries are overseen by their appropriate schools or organizations. Occupations and Type of Employer: Among the most common occupations were: 32% were management professional and related occupations 30% were sales and office occupations 18% were service occupations 11% were construction extraction maintenance and repair occupations and 9% were production transportation and material moving occupations 81% of the people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 12% were Federal state or local government workers; and 7% were Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers, In Florida a Tolled State Road is often (but not always) denoted by having the word "TOLL" printed on the top of the State Road shield, Largest cities in South Florida by population:. .