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- Population of 375,000 (metro population of over 2 million).
- Economy: tourism (10 million visitors per year) & trade.
- 30 km from the Everglades National Park.
- Annual temperature of about 24° C
- History:
- Spanish established a mission at mouth of the Miami River in 1567 & by 1743 built a fort.
- Fort Dallas military outpost established in 1835.
- Henry Flagler developed Florida (extended his railroad to Miami in 1896).
- 1920's real estate boom.
- Miami Beach became a world-class resort after World War II.
- Florida:
- Population of 17 million.
- Discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1513.
- The United States acquired Florida from Spain through the Adams-Onís Treaty.
- 27th state of the United States.
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