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 Miami-Dade County Florida
Miami-Dade County, created in 1836, is located in the southeastern part of
the state of Florida. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the
county population was 2,402,208 in 2005, making it the most populous
county in the state and the eighth most populous county in the nation. The
county seat is Miami, located in the northeastern part of the county.
51.4% of Miami-Dade County residents are foreign-born, a percentage
greater than any other county in the United States.
 Miami-Dade
County was named after Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in
the Second Seminole War, at what has since been named the Dade
Battlefield. The county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida
Keys. The name was changed to Miami-Dade County on July 22, 1997 after
being approved by voters. The second-costliest natural disaster to
occur in the United States was the disastrous Hurricane Andrew, which hit
this county early Monday morning on August 24, 1992. It struck the central
part of the county from due east, south of Miami and very near Homestead,
Kendall, and Cutler Ridge (now the Town of Cutler Bay). Damages numbered
over 25 billion dollars in the county alone, and recovery has taken years
in these areas where the destruction was greatest. This was the costliest
natural disaster in US history until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf
region in 2005. After the Cuban Revolution, exiles from Cuba
migrated in large numbers to Dade County.
County Seat: Miami
Florida Metropolitan Area: South Florida
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