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Miami (/maɪˈæmi/ my-AM-ee), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a major city, a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed 491 ft (150 m).

Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the U.S., with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. According to a 2018 UBS study of 77 world cities, Miami is the second richest city in the U.S. and third richest globally in purchasing power. Miami is a majority-minority city with a Hispanic population of 310,472, or 70.2 percent of the city's population, as of 2020.

Downtown Miami has one of the largest concentrations of international banks in the U.S. and is home to many large national and international companies. The Health District is home to several major University of Miami-affiliated hospital and health facilities, including Jackson Memorial Hospital, the nation's largest hospital with 1,547 beds, and the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, the University of Miami's academic medical center and teaching hospital, and others engaged in health-related care and research. PortMiami, the city's seaport, is the busiest cruise port in the world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines. Miami is the second largest tourism hub for international visitors, after New York City. Miami has sometimes been called the Gateway to Latin America because of the magnitude of its commercial and cultural ties to the region.

Altay was the pastoral land of Chinese ethnic minorities in ancient times. According to historical records, the tribes who lived here in the Qin Dynasty were Sai people who moved from the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province. Since the Western Han Dynasty, successive central governments have set up administrative organs here. "Altay" is Turkic, meaning "Jinshan". It gets its name because of the gold in the mountains. It is said that there are 72 ditches in the Altai Mountains. The Ertix River in Altay is the only river in China that flows into the Arctic Ocean. The Brento Sea, which is located in Fuhai County, covers an area of 100000 hectares and is rich in more than 10 kinds of fish, known as the "fishing hometown of the North". Altay mountains and rivers are magnificent and colorful, with unique natural scenery, the main scenic spots are Kanas Lake Nature Reserve, Burgen River Beaver Nature Reserve, Butterfly ditch and so on.
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