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Florida's primary and secondary school systems are administered by the Florida Department of Education School districts are organized within county boundaries Each school district has an elected Board of Education that sets policy budget goals and approves expenditures Management is the responsibility of a Superintendent of schools. Indie/folk acts Cat Power and Iron & Wine are based in the city while alternative hip hop artist Sage Francis electro artist Uffie and the electroclash duo Avenue D were born in Miami but musically based elsewhere, MIA Mover History 1.1 Beginnings Zoo Miami Miami Medical Library The city proper is home to less than one-thirteenth of the population of South Florida Miami is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States the Miami metropolitan area however which includes Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties had a combined population of more than 5.5 million people ranked seventh largest in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States as of 2008 the United Nations estimates that the Miami Urban Agglomeration is the 44th-largest in the world. . . Sarasota metropolitan area, 9.1 Airports Wertheim Conservatory 1991 Juno Beach, 18 References Historic districts Main article: Arts & Entertainment District. ; As the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas" the port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk vehicles and industrial equipment It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States As a world-class port PortMiami is among an elite group of ports in the world which cater to both cruise ships and containerized cargo.

On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor. ! . Pre-K students: 6,931, Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Miami and Miami Beach, Florida Heartland 2.2 Adjacent counties Following the American Civil War Florida's congressional representation was restored on June 25 1868 albeit forcefully after Radical Reconstruction and the installation of unelected government officials under the final authority of federal military commanders After the Reconstruction period ended in 1876 white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in 1885 they created a new constitution followed by statutes through 1889 that disfranchised most blacks and many poor whites. Environmental issues Downtown is South Florida's main hub for finance commerce and international business Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the U.S. .