Naranja is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Many orange groves were once located in this area, so the community name came from the Spanish word for orange, "naranja", but the actual pronunciation is (Na-Ran-Jah) among the local residents. Naranja was also a stop for the Florida East Coast Railroad that once ran through this area.
Population: 8,303
Latitude: 25° 31' 5.38" N
Longitude: -80° 25' 22.19" W
The 1986 FBI Miami shootout was a gun battle that occurred on April 11, 1986 in an unincorporated region of Dade County in south Florida (renamed Miami-Dade on November 13, 1997) between eight FBI agents and two serial bank robbers. During the firef…
Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, nestled between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west.
Biscayne Bay (Bahía Vizcaína in Spanish) is a lagoon that is approximately 35 miles (56 km) long and up to 8 miles (13 km) wide located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida, United States. It is usually divided for purposes of discussion and analy…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, in the U.S. state of Florida.
The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, branded and commonly known as Zoo Miami, formerly known as Miami MetroZoo, is the largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida, and the only tropical zoo in the United States. It is located on the old R…
Florida City is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States and is the southernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area.
Kendall is an unincorporated census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida.
Homestead Air Reserve Base (ARB) (IATA: HST, ICAO: KHST, FAA LID: HST) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Homestead, Florida.
Pinecrest is a suburban village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States of America.
Cutler Bay is an incorporated town in Miami-Dade County, Florida from SW 184th Street (Eureka Dr) east of US 1 to the coast, and north of Black Point Marina, at (25°34′50″N80°20′48″W) established in 2005. The town includes areas formerly known as C…
The district covers a total of 415 institutions
South Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, in the Miami metropolitan area. The population was 10,741 at the 2000 census and as of 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 11,932.
Dadeland Mall is a large enclosed shopping mall located in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Florida, in the Dadeland district. The mall, originally developed by the Joseph Meyerhoff Company of Baltimore, opened October 1, 1962 as a 535,000-square-foot (…
Palmetto Bay is a Miami suburban incorporated village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a 83-acre (34 ha) botanic garden, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines.
Gulliver Schools is a group of private co-educational schools. Its management offices are in Coral Gables, Florida.
Redland, often mistakenly called The Redlands by those in neighboring communities, is an agricultural area in metropolitan Miami, Florida, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Downtown Miami. Many farms, original clapboard homes of ear…