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Miami, [b] officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the United States. [9]
Miami is named after the Mayaimi, a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century. The Spanish established a mission and small garrison among the Tequesta on Biscayne Bay in 1567. The mission and garrison were withdrawn a couple of years later. [ 2]
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The municipality is located on natural and human-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from the mainland city of Miami.
Spencer (left) and Hill in They Call Me Trinity by Enzo Barboni (1970) Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti in 1939) and Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli, 1929–2016) are Italian actors who made numerous action-comedy and Spaghetti Western films together. [ 1] They "garnered world acclaim and attracted millions to theater seats". [ 2]
1889 – Teaching begins in the first school building in Coconut Grove. 1891 – Julia Tuttle moves to Miami. [ 1] 1895 – The first public library is established in Coconut Grove by the ladies of the Pine Needles Club. 1896. Miami incorporated; [ 2] John B. Reilly becomes mayor. [ 3] Florida East Coast Railway ( Jacksonville -Miami) arrives ...
Miami-Dade County, Florida. / 25.61058°N 80.497099°W / 25.61058; -80.497099. Miami-Dade County ( / maɪˈæmi ˈdeɪd /) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, [ 4] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most ...
The Miami metropolitan area is a coastal metropolitan area in southeastern Florida. It is the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States, and the largest metropolitan area in Florida. It is also known as South Florida, SoFlo, SoFla, the Gold Coast ...
Miami International Airport. / 25.79333°N 80.29056°W / 25.79333; -80.29056. Miami International Airport ( IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA) — also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field — is the primary international airport serving Miami, Florida and its metropolitan area with over 1,000 daily flights to 185 domestic ...