Facts About Miramar
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Miramar was founded by A.L. Mailman to serve as a “bedroom community” for nearby Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
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Miramar was incorporated on May 26, 1955, and was named for the Miramar area of Havana, Cuba where Mailman had a summer home.
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Miramar has a total area of 31.3 square miles, of which 29.5 square miles is land and 1.8 square miles is water.
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Miramar is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth-largest radio market and the seventeenth-largest television market in the United States.
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The Miramar Branch Library Education Center’s collection consists of over 80,000 items in all media and genres.
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Spirit Airlines moved to Miramar from Eastpointe, Michigan, in November 1999. JL Audio and Arise Virtual Solutions are also headquartered in Miramar.
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A 2017 study put the city in fifth place for US cities most vulnerable to coastal flooding, with 93,000 residents living within FEMA’s coastal floodplain.
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The estimated population of Miramar is 135,077, as of 2021.
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Miramar’s motto is “Beauty and Progress,” a phrase which is inscribed on the City Seal.
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Miramar is bordered by the following municipalities, To the north: Pembroke Pines; To the northeast: Hollywood; To the east: West Park & To the south: Miami-Dade County.
