Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the US state of Florida.
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24 Facts About Miami-Dade
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Miami-Dade County is heavily Hispanic, and was the most populous majority-Hispanic county in the nation as of 2020.
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Southern Miami-Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas, which make up the agricultural economy of the county.
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Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami-Dade County's inhabited land area, and is sparsely populated, a stark contrast to the densely populated, urban portions of the county northern sections.
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Miami-Dade charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land.
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On November 13,1997, voters changed the name of the county from Dade to Miami-Dade to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami.
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Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora, mostly in the Pleistocene.
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Miami-Dade County includes 34 incorporated areas, 38 census-designated places, and 16 unincorporated regions.
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Miami-Dade has small communities of Brazilians, Portuguese, Spaniards, Ukrainians and Poles along with Canadians, French, Germans, other Europeans, British expatriates and Israelis.
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In 2014, Miami-Dade County had 731 religious organizations, the 14th most out of all US counties.
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Miami-Dade County has operated under a metropolitan system of government, a "two-tier federation", since 1957.
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However, the Constitution allows voters in home-rule counties to abolish the offices and reorganize them as subordinate County departments; Miami-Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff, Supervisor of Elections, and Tax Collector.
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Miami-Dade is the only county in Florida that does not have an elected sheriff or a "Sheriff's Office".
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Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992.
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Miami-Dade County is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republicans Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz-Balart of the 27th, 26th and 25th districts, and Democrats Frederica Wilson and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of the 24th and 23rd districts.
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Miami-Dade County is in the jurisdiction of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District.
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Miami-Dade County is home to many private and public primary and secondary schools.
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Miami-Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas, stadiums and complexes in South Florida.
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Public transit in Miami-Dade County is operated by Miami-Dade Transit, and is the largest public transit in Florida.
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Miami-Dade Transit operates a heavy rail metro system Metrorail, an elevated people mover in Downtown Miami, Metromover and the bus system, Metrobus.
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Miami-Dade County has 10 major expressways and one minor expressway in Downtown Miami:.
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Miami-Dade County has fewer county roads than any other county in Florida, despite its large population.
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