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Miami Beach(tourism)
Miami Beach hospitals(health)
Miami Beach doctor(health)
Miami Beach clinic(health)
MIAMI BEACH Credit Union(finance)
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Miami Beach (sh)




City (pop., 2000: 87,933), southeastern Florida, U.S. It is situated on an island across Biscayne Bay from Miami.

Until 1912 the site was a mangrove swamp. John S. Collins and Carl F. Fisher pioneered real estate development and built a bridge across the bay; the area was dredged to form an island measuring 7.4 sq mi (19 sq km), with an 8-mi (13-km) beach. The city, incorporated in 1915, is now a luxury resort and convention centre. It is connected with Miami by several causeways and is noted for its Art Deco architecture.