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This airticle is aboot the ceety in Florida. For ither uisses, see Miami (disambiguation).
Miami
Ceety
City of Miami
A collage of images of Miami.
Banner o Miami
Banner		Offeecial seal o Miami
Seal
Nickname(s): 
"Magic City", "The Gateway to the Americas", "Capital of Latin America"[1][2]
Location in Miami-Dade Coonty an the state o Florida
Location in Miami-Dade Coonty an the state o Florida
Miami is locatit in the US
Miami
Miami
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 25°47′16″N 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°W / 25.78778; -80.22417Coordinates: 25°47′16″N 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°W / 25.78778; -80.22417
KintraUnitit States
StateFlorida
CoontyMiami-Dade
Settled1825
Incorporatit28 Julie 1896
Named forMayaimi
Govrenment
 • TeepMayor–commissioner plan
 • MayorTomás Regalado (I)
 • Ceety managerJohnny Martinez
Area
 • Ceety143.1 km2 (55.27 sq mi)
 • Land92.4 km2 (35.68 sq mi)
 • Water50.7 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
 (2010)[3][4][5][6]
 • Ceety408,568 (42nt)
 • Density4,687.1/km2 (12,139.5/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,502,379 (4t)
Demonym(s)Miamian
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
33010–33299
Aurie code(s)305, 786
Wabsteidmiamigov.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]

See an aa: Leet o sister ceeties in Florida

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ "Miami: the Capital of Latin America". Time. December 2, 1993. 
  2. ↑ SHORE BET – CNBC Business. Cnbcmagazine.com. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
  3. ↑ "American Factfinder, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 21, 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)[deid airtin]
  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 2010-04-28.  Freemit airtin in |title= (help)
  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 March 3, 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Inventory of World Cities". Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network. Retrieved 2007-12-01. 
  12. ↑ "The Global Cities Index 2010". Retrieved 2010-09-08. 
  13. ↑ Van Riper, Tom (March 17, 2008). "America's cleanest cities". Forbes Magazine. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  14. ↑ "City Mayors: World's richest cities by purchasing power". City Mayors. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  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 frae the oreeginal on May 26, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Online Directory: Florida, USA". Sister Cities International. Retrieved July 25, 2008. 
  22. ↑ "Office of the Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua (In Spanish)". Office of the Mayor of Managua. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 


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