Miramar (MIH-r-mar) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,721, making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County, the sixth-largest city in the Miami metro area, and the 14th-largest city in Florida.
The city was incorporated on May 26, 1955, and was named for the Miramar area of Havana, Cuba.
On June 20, 1955, the city's inaugural mayor and city council were all appointed by the governor of Florida. The city's first municipal elections were held in 1959.
Until March 13, 1991, the city operated under the "strong mayor" form of the mayorcity commission form of government." On March 14, 1990, Miramar voters approved a referendum to change to a commissioncity manager government. Wayne Messam became mayor in 2015.[citation needed]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.3 square miles (of which 29.5 square miles (is land and 1.8 square miles ((is water.
As of 2000, Miramar had the fifth highest percentage of Jamaican residents in the United States, with 15.4% of the population, the 58th highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.51% of the city's population, and the 48th highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 8.77% of the city's population. It also had the 78th most Dominicans in the US, at 1.98%, while it had the 31st highest percentage of Haitians (with West Little River), at 6% of all residents. Miramar's Trinidadian community had the 12th highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.2% (with Wheatley Heights, New York, and Neptune City, New Jersey).
Spirit Airlines moved to Miramar from Eastpointe, Michigan, in November 1999.
The Leadership in Energy & Environment Design in Miramar houses the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Miami field office and a General Services Administration (office; named after two FBI agents who died in the 1986 FBI Miami Shootout, it is a 330,000 square feet (Leadership in Energy & Environment Design (facility located on a 20-acre (site. The FBI field office, previously in North Miami Beach, moved to Miramar on December 8, 2014. The building was dedicated on April 10, 2015.
Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater is a 90,000-square-foot (outdoor venue in Miramar Regional Park.
Miramar's public schools are under the Broward County Public Schools. Among the schools are Everglades High School and Miramar High School