Miami,officially the City of Miami,is a coastal metropolis and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida. With a population of 442,241 as of the 2020 census,it is the second-most populous city in the state of Florida after Jacksonville. It is the core of the much larger Miami metropolitan area,which,with a population of 6.14 million,is the third-largest metropolitan region in the Southeast and ninth-largest metropolitan region in the United States. Miami has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises,58 of which exceed 491 ft (150 m).
Broward County is a county in the southeastern part of Florida,located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States,with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020.
Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census,Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida,which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people at the 2018 census. It is located west-northwest of Miami,and is one of a few places in the county—others being Homestead,Miami Beach,Surfside,Bal Harbour,Sunny Isles Beach,and Golden Beach—to have its own street grid numbered separately from the rest of the county.
Miami Shores or Miami Shores Village is a village in Miami-Dade County,Florida. The village is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population was 11,567,up from 10,493 in 2010.
North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States,about 10 miles (16 km) north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University.. Originally the town of "Arch Creek",the area was incorporated as the "Town of Miami Shores",which was renamed the "Town of North Miami" in 1931. It was reincorporated as a city in 1953. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida.
Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population was 16,463,up from 15,219 in 2010.
South Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 12,026 as of the 2020 census.
Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. It is located 16 miles (26 km) north of Downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from I-95 and Northeast 2nd Avenue to its east to Northwest 47th and Northwest 57th Avenues to its west,and from the Broward County line to its north to 151st Street to its south. The city's name originated from Florida State Road 860,a major roadway through the area also known as Miami Gardens Drive.
Arthur E. "Art" Teele Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from the Republican Party. In the early 1980s,he served as the head of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration from 1981 to 1983. Born into a wealthy black family in Florida,Teele received an excellent education and became an officer in the US Army,and later had a successful career in private practice and politics. The Miami Herald published claims of legal wrongdoing against Teele during his fight to have a conviction against him overturned,after which he killed himself. Posthumously,his case was appealed and his conviction was overturned,exonerating him of all charges.
Liberty Square is a 753-unit Miami-Dade public housing apartment complex in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami,Florida. It is bordered at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/North 62nd Street to the south,North 67th Street to the north,State Road 933 to the east,and Northwest 15th Avenue to the west. Constructed as a part of the New Deal by the Public Works Administration and opening in 1937,it was the first public housing project for African Americans in the Southern United States.
The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD),formerly known as the Metro-Dade Police Department (1981–1997),Dade County Public Safety Department (1957–1981),and the Dade County Sheriff's Office (1836–1957),is a county police department serving Miami-Dade County. The MDPD has approximately 4,700 employees,making it the largest police department in the southeastern United States and the eighth largest in the country. The department is still often referred by its former name,the Metro-Dade Police or simply Metro.
The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida,Florida law,and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American politician and retired firefighter serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
Oscar Braynon,II is an American Democratic politician from Miami Gardens,Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and then in the Florida Senate from 2011 to 2020,representing parts of southern Broward and northern Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census,making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. It is Florida's third largest county in terms of land area with 1,946 square miles (5,040 km2). The county seat is Miami,the core of the nation's ninth-largest and world's 65th-largest metropolitan area with a 2020 population of 6.138 million people,exceeding the population of 31 of the nation's 50 states as of 2022.
Carlos Hernández is a Cuban-born American politician. Hernández served as the Mayor of Hialeah,Florida,from May 2011 to November 2021. He became acting mayor in 2011 upon the resignation of his predecessor,Julio Robaina,who left the Hialeah mayoral office to pursue an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of Miami-Dade County.
William H. Kerdyk Jr. is an American entrepreneur,politician,international golf tournament organizer and real estate investor.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Miami in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States.
Jean Monestime is an American politician,real estate businessman and member of the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2010. He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner,as well as the first to chair the commission. Monestime represents District 2 in northeast Miami-Dade County,which incorporates portions of North Miami,North Miami Beach and Biscayne Gardens,as well as the Miami neighborhoods of Little Haiti and Liberty City.
The 2020 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,to determine the mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida. County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava defeated fellow commissioner Esteban Bovo. Incumbent Mayor Carlos A. Giménez,first elected in 2011,was term-limited;instead running for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Florida's 26th congressional district.
