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6.4 Growth of urban areas Downtown Miami is served by Metrobus throughout the area the Miami Metrorail and the Metromover:, On November 14 2008 Maidique announced that he would be stepping down and asked FIU's Board of Trustees to begin the search of a new president He said he would remain president until a new one was found on April 25 2009 Mark B Rosenberg was selected to become FIU's fifth president He signed a five-year contract with the Board of Trustees on August 29 2009 Rosenberg became FIU's fifth president. 1920 968,470 28.7% North Miami Beach, The Miami area is home to four major league sports teams Currently the Miami Heat and the Miami Marlins play their games within Miami's city limits the Heat play their home games at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami the Miami Marlins home ballpark is Marlins Park located in the Little Havana section of the city on the site of the old Orange Bowl stadium, Main article: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan! 6.1 List Miami falls under the USDA 10b/11a Plant Hardiness zone 7.4 Atlantic World; . Haiti Haiti 6.5.3 Everglades Agricultural Area 3.1.2 Main University Park buildings Some Spanish married or had unions with Pensacola Creek or African women both slave and free and their descendants created a mixed-race population of mestizos and mulattos the Spanish encouraged slaves from the southern British colonies to come to Florida as a refuge promising freedom in exchange for conversion to Catholicism King Charles II of Spain issued a royal proclamation freeing all slaves who fled to Spanish Florida and accepted conversion and baptism Most went to the area around St Augustine but escaped slaves also reached Pensacola St Augustine had mustered an all-black militia unit defending Spain as early as 1683!

6 Ground transportation The airport is one of the largest in terms of cargo in the United States and is the primary connecting point for cargo between Latin America and the world in 2018 Miami International Airport served 2.3 million tons of freight Ninety-six different carriers are involved in shifting over two million tons of freight annually and ensuring the safe travel of over 40 million passengers according to the Miami International Airport corporate brochure it was first in International freight and third in total freight for 2008 in 2000 LAN Cargo opened up a major operations base at the airport and currently operates a large cargo facility at the airport Most major passenger airlines such as American Airlines use the airport to carry hold cargo on passenger flights though most cargo is transported by all-cargo airlines UPS Airlines and FedEx Express both base their major Latin American operations at MIA. Housing characteristics: as of 2005 the Miami area had a total of 2.3 million housing units 13% of which were vacant Of the total housing units 52% were in single-unit structures 45% were in multi-unit structures and 3% were mobile homes 25% of the housing units were built since 1990 as of 2019 over 70% of Miami's residents are renters with median rent of $1,355 $180 over the national average. Florida Atlantic University, 1.3 1890s: Fast growth and formation, The Sargasso Sea in the western North Atlantic can be defined as the area where two species of Sargassum (S fluitans and natans) float an area 4,000 km (2,500 mi) wide and encircled by the Gulf Stream North Atlantic Drift and North Equatorial Current This population of seaweed probably originated from Tertiary ancestors on the European shores of the former Tethys Ocean and has if so maintained itself by vegetative growth floating in the ocean for millions of years. . . Thousands of years before Europeans arrived a large portion of south east Florida including the area where Miami Florida exists today was inhabited by Tequestas the Tequesta (also Tekesta Tegesta Chequesta Vizcaynos) Native American tribe at the time of first European contact occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida They had infrequent contact with Europeans and had largely migrated by the middle of the 18th century Miami is named after the Mayaimi a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century, Broad Causeway North Miami and Bal Harbour 1951. Contents In its 2018 ParkScore ranking the Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in the City of Miami was the 50th best park system among the 100 most populous US cities down slightly from 48th place in the 2017 ranking ParkScore ranks urban park systems by a formula that analyzes median park size park acres as percent of city area the percent of city residents within a half-mile of a park spending of park services per resident and the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents; Miami's tropical weather allows for year-round outdoor activities the city has numerous marinas rivers bays canals and the Atlantic Ocean which make boating sailing and fishing popular outdoor activities Biscayne Bay has numerous coral reefs that make snorkeling and scuba diving popular There are over 80 parks and gardens in the city the largest and most popular parks are Bayfront Park and Museum Park (located in the heart of Downtown and the location of the American Airlines Arena and Bayside Marketplace) Tropical Park Peacock Park Virginia Key and Watson Island.