Miami Book Fair International an annual literary festival held at Miami Dade College Speech and Language Pathology Clinic. Engineering Library Service Center As of 2010 70.2% of Miami's population age five and over spoke only Spanish at home while 22.7% of the population spoke English at home About 6.3% spoke other Indo-European languages at home About 0.4% spoke Asian languages or Pacific Islander languages/Oceanic languages at home the remaining 0.3% of the population spoke other languages at home in total 77.3% spoke another language other than English, (24.8) 78.9 After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba following the Revolution in 1959 many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami further increasing the city's population Miami developed new businesses and cultural amenities as part of the New South in the 1980s and 1990s At the same time South Florida weathered social problems related to drug wars immigration from Haiti and Latin America and the widespread destruction of Hurricane Andrew Racial and cultural tensions sometimes sparked but the city developed in the latter half of the 20th century as a major international financial and cultural center It is the second-largest U.S city with a Spanish-speaking majority (after El Paso Texas) and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality; Cityscape National protected areas 1 Names Education See also: List of Florida hurricanes and U.S state temperature extremes!
. Miami is a major center and leader in finance commerce culture media entertainment the arts and international trade the metro area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017 in 2018 Miami was classified as an Alpha level global city by the GaWC in 2019 Miami ranked seventh in the United States and 31st among global cities in terms of business activity human capital information exchange cultural experience and political engagement According to a 2018 UBS study of 77 world cities the city was ranked as the third-richest in the United States and the eighth-richest in the world in terms of purchasing power Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America" and is the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality. ! . . Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County in the U.S state of Florida Founded in 1885 it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States and as of 2014 the fifth largest in the United States with a student enrollment of 356,086 as of August 30 2017, All of the 67 counties in Florida Student housing As of 2010 70.2% of Miami's population age five and over spoke only Spanish at home while 22.7% of the population spoke English at home About 6.3% spoke other Indo-European languages at home About 0.4% spoke Asian languages or Pacific Islander languages/Oceanic languages at home the remaining 0.3% of the population spoke other languages at home in total 77.3% spoke another language other than English!
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