Key Biscayne, Florida

Key Biscayne is a village located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 10,507. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,324 .

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Miami-Dade County, Florida - 2000 - 2004 - U.S. Census Bureau

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Key Biscayne is an island that lies south of Miami Beach and east of Miami. It and nearby Virginia Key and technically Miami Beach, form the first (northernmost) of the Florida Keys, a chain of islands off the South East coast of Florida, the last (southernmost) being Key West. Visitors can reach Key Biscayne from the mainland by driving over the Rickenbacker Causeway, a roadway and series of bridges that span Biscayne Bay. Key Biscayne is part of the same geological formation as the Florida Keys, which sit atop coral rock islands, as well as partly-submerged mangrove swamps.

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Miami Beach - Miami - Virginia Key - Florida Keys - Key West - Biscayne Bay - Coral - Mangrove

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The Key (from the Spanish word cayo, for "island") is connected to Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway, originally built in 1947. Because of its low elevation and direct exposure to the Atlantic Ocean, it is usually among the first Miami areas to be evacuated before an oncoming hurricane.

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Spanish - Miami - Evacuate - Hurricane

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The Key is home to Crandon Park Miami-Dade County, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park and, is adjacent to Biscayne National Park, one of the two national parks in Miame-Dade County.

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Miami-Dade County - Biscayne National Park

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Since 1985, a major professional tennis tournament for both men and women has been held annually in Key Biscayne at the Tennis Center in Crandon Park. Currently known as the NASDAQ-100 Open, the event was formerly the Lipton Tennis Championships from 1985 to 1999 and the Ericsson Open from 1999 to 2002. (See Miami Masters.)

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1985 - Miami Masters

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