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Miami-Dade County is heavily Hispanic and was the most populous majority-Hispanic county in the nation as of 2020. It is home to 34 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas. [12] The northern, central and eastern portions of the county are heavily urbanized with many high-rise buildings along the coastline, including Miami's Central Business District in Downtown Miami. Southern Miami ...
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of a few public school districts in the U.S. to offer optional international studies programs and bilingual education. Bilingual education is offered in Spanish, French, German, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin Chinese. M-DCPS is the only school district in Florida to offer bilingual education in Mandarin.
Miami Dade College ( Miami Dade,MDC or Dade) [7] is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses [8] and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College System with more than 100,000 students. [9] [10] The college enrolls a significantly larger number of Hispanic students compared to other ...
A recent change in state law has led to a drastic drop in the number of Miami-Dade voters requesting mail-in ballots, leading county officials and political organizations to scramble to try and ...
A man accused of sexually abusing a girl for nearly a decade won’t have to register as a sex offender after striking a plea deal with Miami-Dade prosecutors.
Government of Miami-Dade County. The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County. [1] Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government. Under this system, Miami-Dade comprises a large ...
Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department. The Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department (MDCR) is a County Department serving all of Miami-Dade County, Florida 's 30 municipal police departments, the county police department (MDPD), as well as state agencies. The MDCR is the seventh-largest county jail system in the United ...
A change in Florida’s Constitution requires Miami-Dade to create independently elected offices for sheriff, elections supervisor and tax collector, posts that currently report to the county’s ...