Miami Map
Miami is a city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. As of 2009, the population estimate was 12,910. It is the county seat of Ottawa County. The city is named after the Miami tribe. The spelling for the city comes from the Latin phonetic spelling for the Myaamia (also spelled Maumee) tribe, and is correctly pronounced "Me-ah-me," although it is commonly rendered "My-am-me," except in Oklahoma, where the vernacular pronunciation of "my-am-uh" is used. The tribe, located in Miami, Oklahoma, prefer the vernacular pronunciation. Miami is the capital of the Miami Nation, Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Peoria Tribe of Indians, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe, and Shawnee Tribe.
Miami is located at 36°53?1?N 94°52?34?W / 36.88361°N 94.87611°W / 36.88361; -94.87611 (36.883539, -94.876018).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.8 square miles (25.4 km²), of which, 9.7 square miles (25.1 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.82%) is water.
Nearby cities include Bluejacket, Welch, Baxter Springs, Afton, Seneca.