Hialeah is a city
in
Miami-Dade County,
Florida,
United States. As of the
2000 census, the city population was 226,419. As of 2006, the
population estimate by the
U.S. Census Bureau had the city's population reduced to 209,971,
making it the fifth largest city in the state. Hialeah is part of the
Miami
metropolitan
area and the Greater South Florida metropolitan area. The city's name
is most commonly attributed to
Muskogee origin, "Haiyakpo" (prairie)
and "hili" (pretty) combining in "Hialeah" to mean "pretty prairie".
Alternatively, the word is of
Seminole origin meaning "Upland Prairie". The city is located upon
a large prairie between
Biscayne Bay and the
Everglades. Hialeah is a large city with a well established
cultural character, containing a diverse population from all over
Latin America and the
Caribbean. It is mostly a working class city, with bustling gritty
commercial and industrial sectors. The city has been well known for
its Cuban
community since the late 60's and early 70's. Today the city is more
diverse and known for its multi-cultural population from not only Cuba
but all over the Caribbean, north and south
America, and other smaller communities from around the world.
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.
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