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Known as the "Magic City" the City of Miami is located in Southeast Florida, in Miami-Dade County on the Miami River, between the Florida Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. Now 115 years old, Miami is the nation’s eleventh largest metropolitan area. Incorporated in 1896, Miami is the only municipality conceived and founded by a woman - Julia Tuttle. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami’s population in 1900 was 1,700 people. Today it is a city rich in cultural and ethnic diversity with 362,470 residents, 60% of them foreign born. In physical size the City encompasses 34 square miles. In population, Miami is the largest of the 30 municipalities that make up Miami-Dade County. The City currently employs approximately 3,700 full-time, permanent employees across a wide variety of occupations. It offers competitive salaries, benefits and a pension plan. Four labor unions represent approximately 85% of the City’s workforce.