Miami

Miami ( or ) 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.MiamiHerald.com 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. 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.List of Urbanized Areas – accessed July 16, 2008 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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

 Sister ceeties 

  Amman, Jordan (syne 1995)
  Ankara, Turkey
  Bogotá, Colombie (syne 1971)
  Buenos Aires, Argentinae (syne 1979)
  Cochabamba, Bolivie
 Havana, Cuba (syne 1926)
  Kagoshima, Japan (syne 1990)
  Lima, Peru (syne 1977)
  Managua, Nicaragua (syne 1991)
  Murcia, Spain
  Palermo, Italy (syne 2001)
  Port-au-Prince, Haiti (syne 1991)
  Qingdao, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (syne 2005)
  Salvador, Brazil (syne 2006)
  Santiago, Chile (syne 1986)
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (syne 1987)
  Varna, Bulgarie

 References 


Category:Ceeties in Miami-Dade Coonty, Florida
Category:Coonty seats in Florida
Category:Bermuda Triangle
Category:Port ceeties in Florida
Category:Seaside resorts in Florida
Category:Populatit places established in 1896
Category:Port ceeties an touns o the Unitit States Atlantic coast
Category:Ceeties in Florida
Category:Populatit coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Ceeties in Miami metropolitan aurie