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El Portal is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The name is derived from the Spanish term for "the gate", after two wooden gates that once stood as a gateway to the village. El Portal was originally annexed into the city of Miami in 1925. [ 5] With the arrival of the Great Depression, Miami gave up its jurisdiction, and El ...
List of counties in Florida. There are 67 counties in the U.S. state of Florida, which became a territory of the U.S. in 1821 with two counties complementing the provincial divisions retained as a Spanish territory, Escambia to the west and St. Johns to the east. The two counties were divided by the Suwannee River.
Administrative divisions of Florida. A map of Florida showing county names and boundaries. Local governments in Florida are established by the state government, and are given varying amounts of non-exclusive authority over their jurisdictions. The laws governing the creation of local governments are contained in the Florida Constitution and the ...
Florida is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 267 cities, 123 towns, and 21 villages in the U.S. state of Florida, a total of 411 municipalities. [ 1] They are distributed across 67 counties, in addition to 66 county governments. [ 2] Jacksonville has the only consolidated city–county government in the state, [ 3] so ...
Miami-Dade County, Florida. / 25.61058°N 80.497099°W / 25.61058; -80.497099. Miami-Dade County ( / maɪˈæmi ˈdeɪd /) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, [ 4] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most ...
As summer begins to wind down, most children and teenagers across the U.S. are getting ready to head back to school. Not far behind the start of the school year is the typical start of the season ...
The Florida Portal. Florida ( / ˈflɒrɪdə / FLORR-ih-də) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east; and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula ...
ABC Action News/Youtube. A photo of the Booker Middle School sign. The 12-year-old girl from Florida who was critically injured when her mom accidentally ran her over on her first day of school is ...