Miami Children's Museum School Other Races: 3.2% (0.6% Arab), Intercity bus travel which utilizes Florida's highway system is provided by Greyhound Megabus and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach. The Florida panther is close to extinction a record 23 were killed in 2009 mainly by automobile collisions leaving about 100 individuals in the wild the Center for Biological Diversity and others have therefore called for a special protected area for the panther to be established Manatees are also dying at a rate higher than their reproduction American flamingos are rare to see in Florida due to being hunted in the 1900s where it was to a point considered completely extirpated Now the flamingos are reproducing toward making a comeback to South Florida since it is adamantly considered native to the state and also are now being protected, In February 1942 the Gulf Sea Frontier was established to help guard the waters around Florida by June of that year more attacks forced military leaders in Washington D.C to increase the numbers of ships and men of the army group They also moved the headquarters from Key West to the DuPont building in Miami taking advantage of its location at the southeastern corner of the U.S..[citation needed] As the war against the U-boats grew stronger more military bases sprang up in the Miami area the U.S Navy took control of Miami's docks and established air stations at the Opa-locka Airport and in Dinner Key the Air Force also set up bases in the local airports in the Miami area.
Albizu University's branch campus in Miami Florida See also: Sport in Miami Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States the PortMiami It is the largest cruise ship port in the world and is often called the "Cruise Capital of the World" and the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas" it has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over a decade accommodating the largest cruise ships and the major cruise lines in 2017 the port served 5,340,559 cruise passengers Additionally the port is one of the nation's busiest cargo ports importing 9,162,340 tons of cargo in 2017 Among North American ports it ranks second to New Orleans' Port of South Louisiana in terms of cargo tonnage imported from Latin America the port sits on 518 acres (2 km2) and has seven passenger terminals China is the port's number one import country and number one export country Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters home to Carnival Cruise Line Celebrity Cruises Norwegian Cruise Line Oceania Cruises and Royal Caribbean International in 2014 the Port of Miami Tunnel was opened connecting the MacArthur Causeway to PortMiami. After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 Fitzpatrick's nephew William English re-established the plantation in Miami He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land When English died in California in 1852 his plantation died with him, Seaports PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise ship port and is headquarters to many of the world's largest cruise companies From left to right: Hapag-Lloyd Europa Norwegian Sky Oceania Nautica Carnival Valor Carnival Imagination Carnival Liberty Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas MV Explorer, The CATS Shuttle connects University Park from the Graham Center bus stop and the Engineering and Computer Sciences Building to the Engineering Center on Flagler Street and 107th Avenue the CATS Shuttle is free and runs roughly every 15 minutes between 6 a.m to 11 p.m Monday through Friday the Golden Panther Express connects the Biscayne Bay Campus to University Park it runs from 6 a.m to 11 p.m Monday through Friday and costs $2.50 each way the Golden Panther Express departs from the Graham Center bus stop at the main campus and the Academic 1 bus stop at the Biscayne Bay Campus. J 1970 56.9% 984,305 43.1% 746,243 Overview Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport TNT KTNT Miami-Dade Science Classroom Complex 2012 The median income for a household in the county was $43,605 and the median income for a family was $50,065 Males had a median income of $35,096 versus $29,980 for females the per capita income for the county was $22,957 About 13.8% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those aged 65 or over.
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