Miami

Miami
Miami
	Ceety
	City of Miami
	Frae top, left tae richt: Skyline o Downtown, Freedom Tower, Villa Vizcaya, Miami Tower, Virginia Key Beach, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, AmericanAirlines Arena, Port of Miami, skyline o Dountoun at nicht
	Banner Seal
	Eik-name(s): "Magic City", "The Gateway to the Americas", "Capital of Latin America"
	Location in Miami-Dade Coonty an the state o Florida
	Miami Location in the Unitit States
	Coordinates: 25°47′16″N 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°W 80°13′27″W / 25.78778°N 80.22417°W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Florida
Coonty	Miami-Dade
Settled	1825
Incorporatit	28 Julie 1896
Named for	Mayaimi
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–commissioner plan
• Mayor	Tomás Regalado (I)
• Ceety manager	Johnny Martinez
Area
• Ceety	143.1 km2 (55.27 sq mi)
• Laund	92.4 km2 (35.68 sq mi)
• Water	50.7 km2 (19.59 sq mi)
• Urban	2,891 km2 (1116.1 sq mi)
• Metro	15,890 km2 (6137 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (6 ft)
Population (2010)
• Ceety	408,568 (42nt)
• Density	4,687.1/km2 (12139.5/sq mi)
• Urban	5,502,379 (4t)
Demonym(s)	Miamian
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	33010–33299
Area code(s)	305, 786
Website	miamigov.com/home

Miami (pronounced /maɪˈæmi/^{(deprecatit template)} or /maɪˈæmə/) 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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[4]^[9] 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.^[10]^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14]

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.^[15]^[16]

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.^[17]^[18]