Paris (Paris in French, pronounced [paʁi] (· i)) is the capital of France and the Ile de France region. Formed in the only community unidepartamental the country, is situated along both banks of the meandering river Seine in central Paris Basin, between the confluence of the Marne and the Seine river upstream, and the Oise and the Seine downstream .
The city of Paris within its administrative limits has a narrow population of 2,193,031 inhabitants (2007). However, during the twentieth century, the Paris metropolitan area expanded beyond the city limits of Paris, and is today the third largest city in Europe, with a population of 11,836,970 inhabitants (2007) .
The Paris region (Ile de France), along with London, the most important economic center of Europe. With 552.7 billion euros (813.4 billion U.S. dollars), produced more than a quarter of gross domestic product (GDP) of France in 2008. La Défense is the first European business district, houses the headquarters of almost half of large French companies, as well as the headquarters of twenty of the 100 largest in the world. Paris also hosts many international organizations such as UNESCO, OECD, International Chamber of Commerce or the Paris Club.
The city is the most popular tourist destination in the world, with more than 26 million foreign visitors per year. It has many famous and admired monuments of the world: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Champs Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe, the Sacre Coeur, the former Hospital of the Invalides, the PantheonThe Arch of Defense, the Opera Garnier and Montmartre district, among others.It also hosts world-renowned institutions: the Louvre (the most famous and visited museum in the world), the Orsay Museum and the National Museum of Natural History in France.
Miami (pronounced / 'MJA my / in Castilian) is a U.S. city located in southeastern Florida on the Miami River, between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade U.S.. It was founded on July 28, 1896 and 2009 census has a population of 433,136, the metropolitan area encompasses more than 5.4 million people, making it the seventh largest in the United States. The United Nations has estimated that in 2008, Miami became the fourth largest urbanized area in the country, behind Los Angeles, New york and Chicago.
Miami is considered a global city of importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade. The city is home to many company headquarters, banks and television studios. It is also international center for popular entertainment in television, music, fashion, film and performing arts. The Port of Miami is considered the port that has the largest volume of cruise ships in the world and is home also to several cruise line companies. In addition, the city has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States.
In 2008, the city was awarded the title "cleanest city in America" by Forbes magazine for his years working on air quality, green spaces, its clean drinking water and roads, and various programs that reciclaje.En same year, Miami was ranked the third richest American city and the twenty-second in the world, according to a study by UBS AG.7
It is said that life in Miami is more expensive than in Paris, but so is Paris.
I could also say that the 2 are beautiful cities
