Miami
| Miami | |||
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| — Ceety — | |||
| City of Miami | |||
| Frae top, left tae richt: Skyline o Downtown, Freedom Tower, Villa Vizcaya, Miami Tower, Virginia Key Beach, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, AmericanAirlines Arena, Port of Miami, skyline o Dountoun at nicht | |||
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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 | |||
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| Coordinates: 25°47′16″N 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°W | |||
| 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]
Sister ceeties [edit]
Amman, Jordan (syne 1995)[19]
Ankara, Turkey
Bogotá, Colombie (syne 1971)[20]
Buenos Aires, Argentinae (syne 1979)[20]
Cochabamba, Bolivie[21]
Havana, Cuba (syne 1926)
Kagoshima, Japan (syne 1990)[20]
Lima, Peru (syne 1977)[20]
Managua, Nicaragua (syne 1991)[22]
Murcia, Spain[20]
Palermo, Italy (syne 2001)[20]
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (syne 1991)[20]
Qingdao, People's Republic o Cheenae (syne 2005)[20]
Salvador, Brazil (syne 2006)[20]
Santiago, Chile (syne 1986)[20]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (syne 1987)[20]
Varna, Bulgarie[21]
References [edit]
- ↑ "Miami: the Capital of Latin America", Time, December 2, 1993.
- ↑ SHORE BET – CNBC Business. Cnbcmagazine.com. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
- ↑ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified. US Census Bureau. Retrieved on 21 October 2011. .
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 American Community Survey Miami Urbanized Area (2008 estimate)
- ↑ Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas[deid airtin]
- ↑ "2009 City Estimates", US Census Bureau. (CSV format)
- ↑ MiamiHerald.com
- ↑ 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. .
- ↑ List of Urbanized Areas – accessed July 16, 2008
- ↑ The World According to GaWC 2008. Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network, Loughborough University. Retrieved on 3 Mairch 2009. .
- ↑ Inventory of World Cities. Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network. Retrieved on 1 Dizember 2007. .
- ↑ The Global Cities Index 2010. Retrieved on 8 September 2010. .
- ↑ Van Riper, Tom. "America's cleanest cities", Forbes Magazine, March 17, 2008. Retrieved on 23 Februar 2008..
- ↑ City Mayors: World's richest cities by purchasing power. City Mayors. Retrieved on 19 September 2009. .
- ↑ Nest Seekers International
- ↑ Brickell – Downtown Miami, Florida
- ↑ Miami-Dade.gov Port of Miami
- ↑ Cruise lines departing from the Port of Miami
- ↑ Amman’s Relations with Other Cities.
- ↑ 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. .
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Online Directory: Florida, USA. Sister Cities International. Retrieved on 25 Julie 2008. .
- ↑ Office of the Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua (In Spanish). Office of the Mayor of Managua. Retrieved on 7 November 2009. .
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