Miami city
489,812City limits
Census source ↗HISTORY / THE REAL-WORLD INSPIRATION
Miami & Vice City
Vice City is Rockstar’s fictional, satirical take on Miami. GTA VI brings the city into the wider setting of Leonida.
POPULATION / REAL FLORIDA
Population
Miami Beach
81,594Separate coastal municipality
Census source ↗Miami-Dade County
2,802,029County, including both cities
Census source ↗These areas overlap: the county includes Miami and Miami Beach. Do not add the three figures. They are real resident estimates, not Vice City’s population, NPC counts or game-map size.
REAL GEOGRAPHY / FAN INTERPRETATION
From Miami to the parody.
Real mapping from Esri and OpenStreetMap. Marker positions are approximate neighbourhood centres; imagery dates vary.
Art Deco & oceanfront
Real placePastel hotels, curved façades and neon signs give Miami Beach its Tropical Deco character.
Vice City / Leonida interpretationVice City turns that visual language into a heightened beach-and-nightlife setting.
Biscayne Bay & the skyline
Real placeExplore the real bay, downtown towers and bridges on the street and satellite maps.
Vice City / Leonida interpretationOur Vice City model echoes the waterfront skyline with varied towers and causeways; it is not a building-for-building reconstruction.
Cuban culture & Calle Ocho
Real placeCuban migration shaped Little Havana in the 1960s. Calle Ocho is a centre for coffee, music, murals and dominoes.
Vice City / Leonida interpretationThese cultural references help explain Vice City’s atmosphere. They do not confirm a specific GTA VI activity or district.
Mangroves & wetlands
Real placeSouth Florida’s coastal channels support extensive mangrove forests, including protected habitat in Everglades National Park.
Vice City / Leonida interpretationGrassrivers invites comparison with this landscape. The resemblance is our interpretation, not an official geographic match.
A SHORT HISTORY
Timeline
- 1896
- 1915
A separate beach town
Miami Beach incorporated on 26 March 1915. It is a separate municipality from Miami.
Historical source ↗ - 1930s
Tropical Deco takes shape
Rebuilding and new hotels helped establish Miami Beach’s distinctive Art Deco streetscape.
Historical source ↗ - 1960s
Little Havana grows
Cuban immigrants helped shape the neighbourhood’s name, culture and daily life.
Historical source ↗ - 1984
Miami Vice on television
The television series brought new attention to Miami Beach’s Art Deco district.
Historical source ↗ - 2002
Vice City becomes a game world
Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 29 October 2002, reimagining Miami through a satire of 1980s excess.
Historical source ↗