Miami

ceety in soothren Florida, Unitit States

Miami (pronounced /maɪˈæmi/ (deprecatit template) or /maɪˈæmə/) is a major city 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 city in the Unitit States, wi a population o 433,136, it is the principal, central, an maist populous city o the Miami metropolitan aurie, the maist populous metropolis in the Southeastren Unitit States.[8] Accordin tae Unitit Naitions estimates, the Miami Urbanized Area 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 area 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
City of Miami
A collage of images of Miami.
Banner o Miami
Banner
Official seal of Miami
Seal
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
Location in Miami-Dade Coonty an the state o Florida
Miami is located in the Unitit States
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)
 • Laund92.4 km2 (35.68 sq mi)
 • Water50.7 km2 (19.59 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,891 km2 (1116.1 sq mi)
 • Metro
15,890 km2 (6137 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (6 ft)
Population
 (2010)[3][4][5][6]
 • Ceety408,568 (42nt)
 • Density4,687.1/km2 (12139.5/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,502,379 (4t)
Demonym(s)Miamian
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
33010–33299
Area code(s)305, 786
Websitemiamigov.com/home

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 City" 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 cities, Miami wis ranked as the richest city in the Unitit States an the warld's fift-richest city, 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]

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  1. "Miami: the Capital of Latin America". Time. 2 December 1993. Archived frae the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2013.
  2. SHORE BET – CNBC Business Archived 2013-01-08 at the Wayback Machine. Cnbcmagazine.com. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
  3. "American Factfinder, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  4. a b American Community Survey Archived 2020-02-11 at Archive.today Miami Urbanized Area (2008 estimate)
  5. "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas". Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. "2009 City Estimates", US Census Bureau. (CSV format) Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. MiamiHerald.com
  8. "http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/files/2009/CBSA-EST2009-alldata.csv" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau. 1 Julie 2009. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2010. 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 3 Mairch 2009.
  11. "Inventory of World Cities". Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  12. "The Global Cities Index 2010". Archived frae the original on 2 Februar 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  13. Van Riper, Tom (17 Mairch 2008). "America's cleanest cities". Forbes Magazine. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2010. Retrieved 23 Februar 2008.
  14. "City Mayors: World's richest cities by purchasing power". City Mayors. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  15. "Nest Seekers International". Archived frae the original on 1 Julie 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  16. "Brickell – Downtown Miami, Florida". Archived frae the original on 13 Januar 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2010. no-break space character in |title= at position 9 (help)
  17. "Miami-Dade.gov Port of Miami". Archived frae the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  18. "Cruise lines departing from the Port of Miami". Archived frae the original on 28 Juin 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  19. "Amman's Relations with Other Cities". Archived frae the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  20. a b c d e f g h i j k "Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program". City of Miami. Archived frae the original on 26 Mey 2007. Retrieved 13 Julie 2007.
  21. a b "Online Directory: Florida, USA". Sister Cities International. Retrieved 25 Julie 2008.
  22. "Office of the Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua (In Spanish)". Office of the Mayor of Managua. Retrieved 7 November 2009.