Miami is a port city located in southeastern Florida, United States, around the Miami River, between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade, and therefore, the main, most central and most populous city of the Miami Metropolitan Area. It was founded on July 28, 1896 and according to the 2014 census it has a population of 417,650; Its metropolitan area encompasses more than 5.4 million inhabitants, making it the seventh largest in the United States. The United Nations has calculated that Miami became the ninth largest metropolitan area in the country, behind New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco. It is considered a global city of importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade. It is the headquarters of numerous central offices of companies, banks and television studios. It is also an international center of popular entertainment in television, music, fashion, film and performing arts. The port of Miami is considered the port that houses the largest volume of cruise ships in the world and is also the headquarters of several cruise line companies.  In addition, the city has the largest concentration of international banks in the entire United States of America.