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National Jacksonville JAX Jacksonville International Airport Medium Hub 2,701,861 This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message), Dade County was created on January 18 1836 under the Territorial Act of the United States the county was named after Major Francis L Dade a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War at what has since been named the Dade Battlefield At the time of its creation Dade County included the land that now contains Palm Beach and Broward counties together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present-day Miami-Dade County the county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys; then in 1844 the County seat was moved to Miami the Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866 in 1888 the county seat was moved to Juno near present-day Juno Beach Florida returning to Miami in 1899 in 1909 Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was Dade County and then in 1915 Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County There have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915. . . 1 Geography Mary Brickell Village The first bridge across Biscayne Bay was the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) wooden Collins Bridge built in 1912 by John S Collins and his son-in-law Thomas Pancoast who formed the Miami Beach Improvement Corporation; financing was provided by Carl G Fisher and the Miami banker brothers John N Lummus and James E Lummus Construction began on July 22 1912 Although the cost of the project was initially $75,000 the construction project faced delays and cost overruns the budge was partially completed in 1913 the bridge was "hailed as the longest wooden vehicle bridge in the world and opened up the area as a luxury winter resort and playground." the bridge terminated at the Dixie Highway built by Carl G Fisher the bridge was a toll bridge; in 1920 the toll was reduced from 20 cents each way (for two-seat cars) to 15 cents one way (and 25 cents round-trip) the bridge was sold to the Biscayne Bay Improvement Association which developed five artificial islands that became known as the Venetian Islands: Biscayne and San Marco in Miami San Marino Di Lido and Rivo Alto in Miami Beach the bridge was torn down in 1925 and replaced with the "more substantial" Venetian Causeway the next year, 13 See also Brickell 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; 3.7.3 Law Library Boynton Beach 68,217 60,389 Palm Beach! . Several financial scandals involving the Mayor's office and City Commission during the 1980s and 1990s left Miami with the title of the United States' 4th poorest city by 1996 With a budget shortfall of $68 Million and its municipal bonds given a junk bond rating by Wall Street in 1997 Miami became Florida's first city to have a state appointed oversight board assigned to it in the same year city voters rejected a resolution to dissolve the city and make it one entity with Dade County the City's financial problems continued until political outsider Manny Diaz was elected Mayor of Miami in 2001, The previous headquarters One Herald Plaza were located on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) plot in Biscayne Bay Miami This facility opened in March 1963 in 2011 the Genting Group a Malaysian company offered to pay the Miami Herald Media Company $236 million for the current headquarters property the company began scouting for a new headquarters location after finalizing the sale the then president and publisher of the media company David Landsberg stated that it was not necessary at that point to be located in the city center and remaining there would be too expensive the newspaper moved to its current Doral headquarters in May 2013 on April 28 2014 demolition began on the building on Biscayne Bay between the MacArthur and Venetian causeways, Prior to urban development of the South Florida region pine rocklands covered approximately 161,660 acres (654.2 km2) in Miami-Dade County Within Everglades National Park 19,840 acres (80.3 km2) of pine forests are protected but outside the park 1,780 acres (7.2 km2) of pine communities remained as of 1990 averaging 12.1 acres (49,000 m2) in area the misunderstanding of the role of fire also played a part in the disappearance of pine forests in the area as natural fires were put out and pine rocklands transitioned into hardwood hammocks Prescribed fires occur in Everglades National Park in pine rocklands every three to seven years.

The Miami area has a unique dialect commonly called the "Miami accent" that is widely spoken the accent developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics including Cuban Americans whose first language was English (though some non-Hispanic white black and other races who were born and raised in the Miami area tend to adopt it as well) It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially those in the New York area and Northern New Jersey including New York Latino English) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects and Florida Cracker dialect "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed)! Since then the Latin and Caribbean-friendly atmosphere in Miami has made it a popular destination for tourists and immigrants from all over the world It is the third-biggest immigration port in the country after New York City and Los Angeles in addition large immigrant communities have settled in Miami from around the globe including Europe Africa and Asia the majority of Miami's European immigrant communities are recent immigrants many living in the city seasonally with a high disposable income, There have also been plans to build a soccer-specific stadium at PortMiami the plans were proposed by a group led by David Beckham seeking to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami the group has stated that they would fund such a stadium privately but there has been opposition on multiple grounds including the added traffic to downtown Miami and the impact on wildlife. History Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.62, (23.9) 75.8 In 2015 FIU ranked 7th as one of the best values in public higher education in the country according to a survey by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Education households income and poverty 9 External links Branch campus 2 Causeways Tampa 70/51 73/54 77/58 81/62 88/69 90/74 90/75 91/76 89/74 85/67 78/60 72/54 US 441. The metropolitan area is governed by 3 counties in total there are 107 municipalities or incorporated places in the metropolis Each one of the municipalities has its own city town or village government although there is no distinction between the 3 names Much of the land in the metropolis is unincorporated which means it does not belong to any municipality and therefore is governed directly by the county it is located in, Miami music is varied Cubans brought the conga and rumba while Haitians and the rest of the French West Indies have brought kompa and zouk to Miami from their homelands instantly popularizing them in American culture Dominicans brought bachata and merengue while Colombians brought vallenato and cumbia and Brazilians brought samba West Indians and Caribbean people have brought reggae soca calypso and steel pan to the area as well. Presidential elections results 5.2 Real estate Ten Thousand Islands 8 Area codes Airlines and destinations. .