| Miami: A city of
southeast Florida on Biscayne Bay south of Fort Lauderdale. Settled in the
1870s near the site of a fort built in 1836, it expanded greatly during
the land boom of the 1920s and again after World War II. Today it is an
important resort and cruise center for the Caribbean. Population: 358,548. |
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Florida: A state of the
southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in 1845. The peninsula was
explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish
settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United
States. Spain finally ceded the area in 1819. Tallahassee is the capital
and Jacksonville the largest city. Population: 13,003,362. |
