Miami
Miami | |||
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City of Miami | |||
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![]() Location in Miami-Dade Coonty an the state o Florida | |||
Coordinates: 25°47′16″N 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°WCoordinates: 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 | |||
• Teep | Mayor–commissioner plan | ||
• Mayor | Tomás Regalado (I) | ||
• Ceety manager | Johnny Martinez | ||
Area | |||
• Ceety | 143.1 km2 (55.27 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 92.4 km2 (35.68 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 50.7 km2 (19.59 sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 2,891 km2 (1,116.1 sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 15,890 km2 (6,137 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 2 m (6 ft) | ||
Population | |||
• Ceety | 408,568 (42nt) | ||
• Density | 4,687.1/km2 (12,139.5/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 5,502,379 (4t) | ||
Demonym(s) | Miamian | ||
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) | ||
ZIP code(s) | 33010–33299 | ||
Aurie code(s) | 305, 786 | ||
Wabsteid | miamigov.com/home |
Miami (pronounced /maɪˈæmi/ (deprecatit template) 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 Miami metropolitan aurie, the maist populous metropolis in the Southeastren Unitit States.[8] Accordin tae Unitit Naitions estimates, the Miami Urbanized Aurie wis the fift maist populous urbanized area in the U.S. in 2000 wi a population o 4,919,036, but in 2008 that nummer 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 centre an a leader in finance, commerce, cultur, media, entertainment, the airts, an internaitional tred.[10][11] In 2010, Miami ranked seivent in the Unitit States in terms o finance, commerce, cultur, entertainment, fashion, eddication, 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 watter, 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]
Downtown 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 nor twa decades, the Port o Miami, kent as the "Cruise Caipital o the Warld" is the nummer 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 traffeck an cruise lines.[17][18]
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
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, Fowkrepublic 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Miami: the Capital of Latin America". Time. December 2, 1993.
- ↑ SHORE BET – CNBC Business. Cnbcmagazine.com. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
- ↑ "American Factfinder, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 21, 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)[deid airtin]
- ↑ 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 2010-04-28. Freemit airtin in
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(help) - ↑ 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 March 3, 2009.
- ↑ "Inventory of World Cities". Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ↑ "The Global Cities Index 2010". Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ↑ Van Riper, Tom (March 17, 2008). "America's cleanest cities". Forbes Magazine. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "City Mayors: World's richest cities by purchasing power". City Mayors. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ↑ 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 frae the oreeginal on May 26, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Online Directory: Florida, USA". Sister Cities International. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ↑ "Office of the Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua (In Spanish)". Office of the Mayor of Managua. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
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