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'''Fort Lauderdale''' is a city on the [[Atlantic]] coast of [[Florida]], in Broward County, 23 miles north of [[Miami]]. It has a population of 167,000. The city, built around a system of canals, describes itself as the ''[[Venice]] of America'', and is a popular tourist resort.
The city is built on the site of a [[Civil War]]-era fort, only seeing major growth after the arrival of the railway in 1896, and was incorporated in 1911.
==Further information==
http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/statistics2002.pdf
[[Category:United States Cities and Towns]]