Miami was named after an Indian tribe Mayaimi, who lived in those parts up to XVII-XVIII century. The tribe was named because of the Lake Okeechobee, who also called as Mayaimi, or «big water».
According to UN estimates, Miami was the fifth most populous of urbanized area in the U.S. in 2005 with a population of just under 5.5 million people, but in 2011 this number had increased to more than 6.3 million, making it the fourth largest city in the United States after NYC, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Miami is recognized as the 20th city in the World in terms of the GDP.
In Miami, more than 800 parks and is the only city in the United States which bordered by two separate national parks: Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park.
In 2008, Miami was voted the cleanest city in America according to the Forbes Magazine. Besides it, Miami's Palm Beach was awarded as the best American beach from Travel Channel.
Miami is the largest cruise ship port in the World.
According to the 2005, more than 69% of the residents of Miami named their first language of Spanish. Miami — one of the places in U.S. where to find a good job without a knowledge of Spanish is very hard.
In 1979, the district of Miami Art Deco was included in the National Register of Historic Places of the World. Art Deco District — the largest collection of the architecture of Art Deco in the World and includes more than 900 buildings constructed between 1921-1945.
Miami Beach along with Ft. Lauderdale — also called the «American Riviera».
