Miami | |
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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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![]() 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) |
• Laund | 92.4 km2 (35.68 sq mi) |
• Water | 50.7 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 | |
• Ceety | 408,568 (42nt) |
• Density | 4,687.1/km2 (12139.5/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 |
Area code(s) | 305, 786 |
Website | miamigov.com/home |
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 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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