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Miami
—  Ceety  —
City of Miami
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Eik-name(s): "Magic City", "The Gateway to the Americas", "Capital of Latin America"[1][2]
Location in Miami-Dade Coonty an the state o Florida
Miami is located in United States
Miami
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 25°47′16″N 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°W / 25.78778; -80.22417
Kintra Unitit States
State Florida
Coonty Miami-Dade
Settled 1825
Incorporatit 28 Julie 1896
Named for Mayaimi
Govrenment
 - Mayor Tomás Regalado (I)
 - Ceety manager Johnny Martinez
Aurie
 - Ceety 55.27 sq mi (143.1 km2)
 - Laund 35.68 sq mi (92.4 km2)
 - Watter 19.59 sq mi (50.7 km2)
 - Urban 1,116.1 sq mi (2,890.7 km2)
 - Metro 6,137 sq mi (15,894.8 km2)
Hicht 6 ft (2 m)
Indwallers (2010)[3][4][5][6]
 - Ceety 408,568 (42nt)
 Densitie 12,139.5/sq mi (4,687.1/km2)
 Urban 5,502,379 (4t)
Demonym Miamian
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 - Simmer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP code(s) 33010–33299
Aurie code(s) 305, 786
Wabsteid miamigov.com/home

Miami (pronounced /maɪˈæmi/ or /maɪˈæmə/) is a major ceety locatit on the Atlantic coast in sootheastren Florida an the coonty seat o Miami-Dade Coonty, the maist populous coonty in Florida, an the aicht-maist populous coonty in the Unitit States, wi a population o 2,500,625.[7] The 42nt lairgest ceety in the Unitit States, wi a population o 433,136, it is the principal, central, an maist populous ceety o the Sooth Florida metropolitan aurie, the maist populous metropolis in the Southeastren Unitit States.[8] Accordin tae Unitit Naitions estimates, the Miami Urbanized Aurie wis the fifth most populous urbanized area in the U.S. in 2000 wi a population o 4,919,036, but in 2008 that number increased tae 5,232,342, makin it the fowert-lairgest urbanized aurie in the Unitit States, ahint New York Ceety, Los Angeles, an Chicago.[4][9] The metropolitan aurie population is 5,547,051 (1 Julie 2009 estimate).

Miami is a major center an a leader in finance, commerce, cultur, media, entertainment, the airts, an internaitional trade.[10][11] In 2010, Miami ranked seivent in the Unitit States in terms o finance, commerce, cultur, entertainment, fashion, education, an ither sectors. It ranked thirtie-third amang global ceeties.[12]

In 2008, Miami wis ranked as "Americae's Cleanest Ceety" accordin tae Forbes Magazine for its year-roond guid air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinkin water, clean streets an ceety-wide recyclin programs.[13] In 2009, UBS study o 73 warld ceeties, Miami wis ranked as the richest ceety in the Unitit States an the warld's fift-richest ceety, in terms o purchasin pouer.[14]

Dountoun Miami an Sooth Florida are hame tae the lairgest concentration o internaitional banks in the Unitit States, an is hame tae mony lairge companies baith naitionally an internaitionally.[15][16]

For well mair than twa decades, the Port o Miami, kent as the "Cruise Caipital o the Warld" is the number ane cruise passenger port in the warld accommodatin some o the lairgest cruise ships in the warld, an operations an is the busiest in baith passenger traffic an cruise lines.[17][18]

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References [edit]

  1. "Miami: the Capital of Latin America", Time, December 2, 1993.
  2. SHORE BET – CNBC Business. Cnbcmagazine.com. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
  3. Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified. US Census Bureau. Retrieved on 21 October 2011. .
  4. 4.0 4.1 American Community Survey Miami Urbanized Area (2008 estimate)
  5. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas[deid airtin]
  6. "2009 City Estimates", US Census Bureau. (CSV format)
  7. MiamiHerald.com
  8. http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/files/2009/CBSA-EST2009-alldata.csv (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau (2009-07-01). Retrieved on 28 Apryle 2010. .
  9. List of Urbanized Areas – accessed July 16, 2008
  10. The World According to GaWC 2008. Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network, Loughborough University. Retrieved on 3 Mairch 2009. .
  11. Inventory of World Cities. Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network. Retrieved on 1 Dizember 2007. .
  12. The Global Cities Index 2010. Retrieved on 8 September 2010. .
  13. Van Riper, Tom. "America's cleanest cities", Forbes Magazine, March 17, 2008. Retrieved on 23 Februar 2008..
  14. City Mayors: World's richest cities by purchasing power. City Mayors. Retrieved on 19 September 2009. .
  15. Nest Seekers International
  16. Brickell – Downtown Miami, Florida
  17. Miami-Dade.gov Port of Miami
  18. Cruise lines departing from the Port of Miami
  19. Amman’s Relations with Other Cities.
  20. 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program. City of Miami. Archived from the original on 26 Mey 2007. . Retrieved on 13 Julie 2007. .
  21. 21.0 21.1 Online Directory: Florida, USA. Sister Cities International. Retrieved on 25 Julie 2008. .
  22. Office of the Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua (In Spanish). Office of the Mayor of Managua. Retrieved on 7 November 2009. .