Union City, New Jersey

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Union City, New Jersey is a densely populated urban municipality in northeastern New Jersey known for its large Hispanic community and location atop the Hudson Palisades overlooking Manhattan.

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Union City 1
Union City, New Jersey, United States 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
adjacentTo Lincoln Tunnel
surface form: Lincoln Tunnel approach
areaCode 201
551
borderedBy Hoboken, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Jersey City, New Jersey NERFINISHED
North Bergen, New Jersey
Weehawken, New Jersey
West New York, New Jersey NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Hudson County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
demographics majority Hispanic or Latino population
elevation approximately 190 feet
FIPSCode 34-74610
formedByMergerOf Union Hill, New Jersey NERFINISHED
West Hoboken, New Jersey
GNISFeatureID 0885430
governmentType Walsh Act
commission form of government
hasCulturalEvent Cuban Day Parade of New Jersey
annual Memorial Day parade
hasHighSchool Union City High School
hasMajorRoad New Jersey Route 495 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 1/9
hasPublicTransportation Hudson-Bergen Light Rail nearby
incorporatedAsCity 1925
knownFor Cuban American population
large Hispanic community
languageCommonlySpoken English
Spanish
locatedIn northeastern New Jersey
locatedNear Hudson River
locatedOn New Jersey Palisades
surface form: Hudson Palisades
mayor Brian P. Stack
nickname Havana on the Hudson
overlooks Manhattan
partOf Hudson Waterfront urban area
New York metropolitan area
populationDensity one of the highest in the United States
postalCodeType ZIP Code
region Hudson County urban core
schoolDistrict Union City School District
settlementType city
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
timezone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST UTC−04:00
timeZoneStandard UTC−05:00

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North Bergen, New Jersey borderedBy Union City, New Jersey
Weehawken, New Jersey borderedBy Union City, New Jersey
Hoboken borders Union City, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Union City
Hudson County, New Jersey contains Union City, New Jersey
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail locatedIn Union City, New Jersey
Robert Wuhl placeOfBirth Union City, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Union City, New Jersey, United States