. (13.4) 58.3 Exports and Imports of products goods or services are usually a country's most important international economic transactions. 2.3.2 Civil Rights Movement Florida is mostly Christian although there is a large irreligious and relatively significant Jewish community Protestants account for almost half of the population but the Catholic Church is the largest single denomination in the state mainly due to its large Hispanic population and other groups like Haitians Protestants are very diverse although Baptists Methodists Pentecostals and nondenominational Protestants are the largest groups There is also a sizable Jewish community in South Florida This is the largest Jewish population in the southern U.S and the third-largest in the U.S behind those of New York and California, Rafael Diaz-Balart Law Building 2006 Demographic profile 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910. 1870 85 2.4% 4 Student life City Commission, Southeast Financial Center the tallest skyscraper built in the 1980s office boom, The Miami Marlins and St Louis Cardinals conduct spring training in Jupiter at Roger Dean Stadium.
See also: List of amusement parks in Greater Orlando List of shopping malls in the Miami metropolitan area and List of casinos in Florida. Adjacent counties The music of Miami is a diverse and important field in the world of music the Greater Miami area has long been a hub for diverse musical genres for example South Florida has been a hub for Southern Rap Miami in particular is a "hub" for Latin Music in the United States Miami bass (also known as booty music) a prominent hip-hop genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s got its start in Miami; Luther "Luke Skyywalker" Campbell and his 2 Live Crew were among the more prominent Miami Bass acts largely because of an obscenity scandal fomented by Broward County Florida Sheriff Nick Navarro Moreover although not a South Florida native Jimmy Buffett rose to prominence after moving to Key West Florida and has long been associated with the "South Florida lifestyle" Other notable South Florida-based musical performers include Gloria Estefan Marilyn Manson Mental Crutch Vanilla Ice DJ Laz and Pitbull. . 1900s to 1930s: the Magic City Tri-Rail to Mangonia Park. 2.3.1 First Cuban wave. West Palm Beach PBI Palm Beach International Airport Medium Hub 3,110,450, The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed.
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