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Fort Lauderdale (/ ˈ l ɔː d ər d eɪ l / LAW-dər-dayl) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, [7] making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida.
On January 11, 2019, days after Florida Governor DeSantis took office, he appointed Gregory Tony the Sheriff of Broward County. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Tony ran to be elected to a full term in the 2020 Democratic primary, which practically guarantees election in democratic Broward.
The district includes the South Florida metropolitan area of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. It comprises 15,197 square miles (39,360 km 2) and approximately 6.3 million people. Courthouses, corresponding to the five divisions of the district, are located in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Key West, Miami, and West Palm Beach. The ...
Broward Health is one of the ten largest public hospital systems in the U.S. [1] [5] It has 7,592 employees, making it one of the largest companies in South Florida. [6] Broward Health services all segments of the community through its four hospitals, a children's hospital, seven primary care centers, four Family Health Places, eight school ...
Fort Lauderdale incorporated. [3] Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication. [4] Office of city marshall created. [5] 1912 North New River Canal built. [1] W.H. Marshall becomes mayor. 1913 - Fire station built. 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County. [1] 1917 Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built. [6] Las ...
The Florida legislature in 1984 established the Performing Arts Center Authority (PACA) to oversee construction, then policy-making, at the Broward Center. The Downtown Development Authority, along with citizens, private sources, and the Broward Performing Arts Foundation worked together to raise the funding required to build the theater complex.
In February 1925, a state-commissioned census recorded 5,625 people in Fort Lauderdale, [15] and a real-estate boom was in progress in South Florida. While the land rush was focused on the Miami area, communities throughout the region, including Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Boca Raton were swept up in the speculative buying frenzy. A ...
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport is near the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport at Dania Beach train station, served by Tri-Rail commuter trains. Tri-Rail provides a shuttle bus service from the station to three locations at the airport, all on the lower level: the west end of terminal 1, between terminals 2 and 3 ...