<Tr> <Th> Largest city </Th> <Td> Miami </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Population (2017) </Th> <Td> 6.69 million </Td> </Tr> <P> South Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southernmost part of the state . It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions, the others being Central Florida and North Florida . It includes the populous Miami metropolitan area, the Everglades, the Florida Keys, and other localities . South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate . </P> <P> As with all vernacular regions, South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources . A 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida . That area includes the Miami metropolitan area (generally defined as Miami - Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties), the Florida Keys included in Monroe county, and the interior region known as the Glades . Additionally, Southwest Florida, representing the state's southern Gulf Coast, has emerged as a directional vernacular region . Some respondents from as far northwest as the southern Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in South Florida rather than Southwest or Central Florida . </P>

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