Opa-locka

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Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, known for its distinctive Moorish Revival architecture and themed street names inspired by the tales of One Thousand and One Nights.

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Opa-locka canonical 3
Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
airportServes Opa-locka Executive Airport
architecturalStyle Moorish Revival
areaCode 305
786
climate tropical monsoon climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Miami-Dade County
developmentHistory planned city
facedIssue financial emergency declared by State of Florida
municipal corruption investigations
FIPSCode 12-51625
founder Glenn Hammond Curtiss
surface form: Glenn Curtiss
foundingYear 1926
GNISFeatureID 0288170
governingBody Opa-locka City Commission
governmentType commission-manager
hasEthnicDiversity predominantly African American population
hasFacility Opa-locka Executive Airport
hasHistoricDistrict Opa-locka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area
hasLandmark Opa-locka City Hall
Seaboard Air Line Railroad station (Allapattah)
surface form: Opa-locka Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
hasRailService Tri-Rail
hasTheme The Arabian Nights
surface form: One Thousand and One Nights
incorporationYear 1926
knownFor Moorish Revival architecture
street names inspired by One Thousand and One Nights
locatedIn South Florida
Greater Fort Lauderdale area
surface form: United States Census Bureau-defined Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metropolitan area
locatedNear Hialeah, Florida
surface form: Hialeah

Miami
namedAfter Native American term for Opa-tisha-wocka-locka
nearWaterBody Miami Canal
originalPurpose residential community with themed architecture
partOf Miami metropolitan area
postalCode 33054
33055
region Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
registeredOn National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places (selected buildings)
state Florida
streetNameTheme Arabian Nights characters
timezone Eastern Time Zone
transportationAccess Gratigny Parkway
State Road 9
transportationInfrastructure Opa-locka Tri-Rail station

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Hialeah, Florida adjacentTo Opa-locka
Opa-locka hasHistoricDistrict Opa-locka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area
Carol City adjacentTo Opa-locka