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SR 874, Florida has many seaports that serve container ships tank ships and cruise lines Major ports in Florida include Port Tampa Bay in Tampa Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Port of Jacksonville in Jacksonville PortMiami in Miami Port Canaveral in Brevard County Port Manatee in Manatee County and Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach the world's top three busiest cruise ports are found in Florida with PortMiami as the busiest and Port Canaveral and Port Everglades as the second and third busiest Port Tampa Bay meanwhile is the largest in the state having the most tonnage as of 2013 Port Tampa Bay ranks 16th in the United States by tonnage in domestic trade 32nd in foreign trade and 22nd in total trade It is the largest most diversified port in Florida has an economic impact of more than $15.1 billion and supports over 80,000 jobs, The geographical area of Florida diminished with the establishment of English settlements to the north and French claims to the west the English attacked St Augustine burning the city and its cathedral to the ground several times Spain built the Castillo de San Marcos in 1672 and Fort Matanzas in 1742 to defend Florida's capital city from attacks and to maintain its strategic position in the defense of the Captaincy General of Cuba and the Spanish West Indies. . Florida Atlantic University (public) In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises. Further information: Florida mangroves and List of invasive plant species in Florida. The clockwise warm-water North Atlantic Gyre occupies the northern Atlantic and the counter-clockwise warm-water South Atlantic Gyre appears in the southern Atlantic. 2009 Census projections indicate that the area's residential base has increased from 40,000 to 71,000 since 2000 with an expected Downtown population of 85,000 by 2014 as of 2006 189,164 residents live in the immediate Downtown/Brickell area. Lake Worth Tri-Rail See also: Category:Florida media Kendall 2.8 Other colleges and schools 1870 187,748 33.7% Engineering and Computer Sciences Building 1990. Media The Miami-Dade Aviation Department(MDAD) operates Miami International Airport Miami Executive Airport Opa-locka Executive Airport Homestead General Aviation Airport and Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

New River Real estate, 2 Baptist Health South Florida 11,353, Moss School of Construction Infrastructure and Sustainability Though spelled the same in English the Florida city's name has nothing to do with the Miami people who lived in a completely different part of North America. Ocean Ridge 1930 1,468,211 51.6% See also: Sport in Miami, Photograph of large group of people on the Virginia Key Beach 1945.