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Aventura is a planned city located in northeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city name is from the Spanish word for “adventure,” and was named “Aventura” because that was the name of the original group of condominium developments in the area. The name predates the well known mall (Aventura Mall) built near the condominium developments. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2006, the city had a population of 30,027.

• 1 History
• 2 Geography and Climate
  • 2.1 Geography
    • 2.1.1 Surrounding areas
  • 2.2 Climate
• 3 Demographics
• 4 Transportation
• 5 Government
• 6 Media
• 7 Area attractions
• 8 Education
• 9 References
• 10 External links

Most of what would later become the City of Aventura was initially developed during the late 1970s and into the 80s as a high-rise residential area by Oxford Development Company, when the area was still mostly swampland known as “Biscayne Gardens”. Although Aventura functions as a separate city, it is still served by Miami-Dade Fire, Police and rescue, and the official addresses in Aventura are still Miami addresses. Aventura holds and funds its own police department also.

Surrounding areas

• Hallandale Beach
• Sunny Isles Beach
• Golden Beach, Sunny Isles Beach
• North Miami Beach
• Ojus

Aventura is also home to the Aventura Mall, a high-end regional mall which was developed by Ray Parello, Donny Soffer, and Eddie Lewis of Oxford Development and is currently owned by Simon Property Group and Turnberry Associates. The enormous success of the mall encouraged explosive growth in the area and saw the closure of stores at the competing The Mall at 163rd Street, which only recently has been revitalized. On November 7, 1995, the City of Aventura was incorporated.

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventura,_Florida#History
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