Miami Florida Business directory Volaris Guadalajara Mexico City Juno Ridge Opa-locka Agriculture is the second largest industry in the state Citrus fruit especially oranges are a major part of the economy and Florida produces the majority of citrus fruit grown in the United States in 2006 67% of all citrus 74% of oranges 58% of tangerines and 54% of grapefruit were grown in Florida About 95% of commercial orange production in the state is destined for processing (mostly as orange juice the official state beverage); . . . Miami Florida Business directory Asian American 3.4% 3% 5% Demographic profile 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910 Miami is also home to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer a range of professional training and other related educational programs Per Scholas for example is a nonprofit organization that offers free professional certification training directed towards successfully passing CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification exams as a route to securing jobs and building careers. . Although the railroads lifted the embargo in May 1926 the boom nevertheless fizzled out Disaster then followed in the shape of the September 1926 Miami Hurricane which drove many developers into bankruptcy the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 continued the catastrophic downward economic trend and the Florida land boom was officially over as the Great Depression began the depression and the devastating arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly a year later destroyed both the tourist and citrus industries upon which Florida depended In a few years an idyllic tropical paradise had been transformed into a bleak humid remote area with few economic prospects Florida's economy would not recover until World War II Daytona International Speedway is home to various auto racing events. Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 under Spanish flag Six years later Vasco da Gama reached India under Portuguese flag by navigating south around the Cape of Good Hope thus proving that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are connected in 1500 in his voyage to India following Vasco da Gama Pedro Alvares Cabral reached Brazil taken by the currents of the South Atlantic Gyre Following these explorations Spain and Portugal quickly conquered and colonized large territories in the New World and forced the Amerindian population into slavery in order to explore the vast quantities of silver and gold they found Spain and Portugal monopolized this trade in order to keep other European nations out but conflicting interests nevertheless led to a series of Spanish-Portuguese wars a peace treaty mediated by the Pope divided the conquered territories into Spanish and Portuguese sectors while keeping other colonial powers away England France and the Dutch Republic enviously watched the Spanish and Portuguese wealth grow and allied themselves with pirates such as Henry Mainwaring and Alexandre Exquemelin They could explore the convoys leaving the Americas because prevailing winds and currents made the transport of heavy metals slow and predictable.
Tri-Rail maintenance facility Miami Jai Alai fronton known as "The Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai", The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in the Miami area, Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000). Collins Bridge the first bridge to connect Miami to Miami Beach, Barry University became a member of the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) in June 1988 and a member of NCAA Division II since 1984 the Buccaneers have won 16 NCAA Division II national championships (women's soccer 1989 1992 1993; volleyball 1995 2001 2004; men's golf 2007 2013 2014; men's tennis 2010 2013 2015; women's tennis 2011 2014 and rowing 2015 2016) and 65 SSC titles the Bucs have produced 309 All-Americans and 361 Scholar All-Americans, The opening of the South Atlantic. . ; Royal Palm Estates Occupation Income and Industries Prior to urban development of the South Florida region pine rocklands covered approximately 161,660 acres (654.2 km2) in Miami-Dade County Within Everglades National Park 19,840 acres (80.3 km2) of pine forests are protected but outside the park 1,780 acres (7.2 km2) of pine communities remained as of 1990 averaging 12.1 acres (49,000 m2) in area the misunderstanding of the role of fire also played a part in the disappearance of pine forests in the area as natural fires were put out and pine rocklands transitioned into hardwood hammocks Prescribed fires occur in Everglades National Park in pine rocklands every three to seven years, Miami Florida Business directory Lufthansa Frankfurt Public Affairs 64 The Miami metropolitan area consists of three distinct metropolitan divisions subdividing the region into three divisions according to the region's three counties: Miami-Dade County Broward County and Palm Beach County.
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