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Further information: Fauna of Florida, Central Terminal (Yellow), Former headquarters of the Miami Herald The Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association play at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami! The 2010 US Census reported that the Latino population in Miami accounted for 70% of its total population with 34.4% of city residents being of Cuban origin 15.8% had a Central American background (7.2% Nicaraguan 5.8% Honduran 1.2% Salvadoran and 1.0% Guatemalan) 8.7% were of South American descent (3.2% Colombian 1.4% Venezuelan 1.2% Peruvian 1.2% Argentinean and 0.7% Ecuadorian) 4.0% had other Hispanic or Latino origins (0.5% Spaniard) 3.2% descended from Puerto Ricans 2.4% were Dominican and 1.5% had Mexican ancestry. .

In 2016 Florida charged the second lowest tuition in the nation for four years $26,000 for in-state students to $86,000 for out-of-state students This compares with an average of $34,800 nationally for in-state students. American Airlines planes at Concourse D A sign advertising the completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike; 2.1 Expansion 8.1 Fire stations The Miami Herald also participates in "Politifact Florida" a website that focuses on the truth about Florida issues along with the Tampa Bay Times which created the Politifact concept the Herald and the Times share resources on news stories related to Florida, The Miami accent is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially the New York area dialect Northern New Jersey English and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects the "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed). Miami attracts a large number of musicians singers actors dancers and orchestral players the city has numerous orchestras symphonies and performing art conservatories These include the Florida Grand Opera FIU School of Music Frost School of Music and the New World School of the Arts; Miami Florida Business directory, 6.4 Closure of the Atlantic Pacific Islander: 0.1% [3,527], Fire is an important element in the natural maintenance of the Everglades the majority of fires are caused by lightning strikes from thunderstorms during the wet season Their effects are largely superficial and serve to foster specific plant growth: sawgrass will burn above water but the roots are preserved underneath Fire in the sawgrass marshes serves to keep out larger bushes and trees and releases nutrients from decaying plant matter more efficiently than decomposition Whereas in the wet season dead plant matter and the tips of grasses and trees are burned in the dry season the fire may be fed by organic peat and burn deeply destroying root systems Fires are confined by existing water and rainfall it takes approximately 225 years for one foot (.30 m) of peat to develop but in some locations the peat is less dense than it should be for the 5,000 years of the Everglades' existence Scientists indicate fire as the cause; it is also cited as the reason for the black color of Everglades muck Layers of charcoal have been detected in the peat in portions of the Everglades that indicate the region endured severe fires for years at a time although this trend seems to have abated since the last occurrence in 940 BCE.