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Little Havana

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Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana) is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. [1]

73 relations: African Americans, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Hondurans, Afro-Latin Americans, Afro-Nicaraguan, Area codes 305 and 786, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Calle Ocho Festival, Capital city, Celia Cruz, Central America, Colombia, Community, Conga line, Costa Rica, Counter-revolutionary, Cuba, Cuba–United States relations, Cuban Americans, Cuban dissident movement, Cuban exile, Cuban-American lobby, David Richardson (Florida politician), Eastern Time Zone, Florida, Florida House of Representatives, Florida Senate, Gloria Estefan, Greater Downtown Miami, Guinness World Records, Havana, Havana on the Hudson, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Historic districts in the United States, Honduran Americans, Honduras, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, José Javier Rodríguez, José Martí, List of neighborhoods in Miami, Mariel boatlift, Marlins Park, Median income, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami High School, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami River (Florida), Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade Public Library System, ..., Miami–Dade County, Florida, National Register of Historic Places, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Americans, Paul George, Refugee, Republican Party (United States), Riverside (Miami), Shenandoah (Miami), Sobriquet, Tamiami Trail, Teatro 8, Teatro Avante, Tower Theater (Miami, Florida), United States, United States House of Representatives, Vernacular architecture, Versailles restaurant, White Americans, Willy Chirino, Young Women's Preparatory Academy, ZIP Code. Expand index (23 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Afro-Cuban

The term Afro-Cuban refers to Cubans who mostly have West African ancestry, and to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community.

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Afro-Hondurans

Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of African descent.

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Afro-Latin Americans

Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans refers to Latin American people of significant African ancestry.

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Afro-Nicaraguan

Afro-Nicaraguans are Nicaraguans of African descent in Nicaragua.

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Area codes 305 and 786

Area code 305 is the area code for all of Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, and the part of Monroe County in the Florida Keys in the United States.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Playa Girón or Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos or Batalla de Girón) was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.

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Calle Ocho Festival

The Calle Ocho Festival (Festival de la Calle Ocho) is a one-day fiesta that culminates the Miami Carnival.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Celia Cruz

Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003) was a Cuban-American singer and the most popular Latin artist of the 20th century, gaining twenty-three gold albums during her career.

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Central America

Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Community

A community is a small or large social unit (a group of living things) that has something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity.

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Conga line

The conga line is a novelty line dance that was derived from the Cuban carnival dance of the same name and became popular in the US in the 1930s and 1950s.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica ("Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.

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Counter-revolutionary

A counter-revolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it, in full or in part.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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Cuba–United States relations

Cuba and the United States restored diplomatic relations on 20 July 2015, which had been severed in 1961 during the Cold War.

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Cuban Americans

Cuban Americans (Cubanoamericanos) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Cuba.

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Cuban dissident movement

The Cuban dissident movement is a political movement in Cuba whose aim is "to replace the current regime with a more democratic form of government".

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Cuban exile

The term "Cuban exile" refers to the many Cubans who fled from or left the island of Cuba.

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Cuban-American lobby

The Cuban-American lobby describes those various groups of Cuban exiles in the United States and their descendants who have historically influenced the United States' policy toward Cuba.

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David Richardson (Florida politician)

David Richardson (born April 25, 1957) is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 113th District, which includes parts of downtown Miami, Miami Beach, and North Bay Village, since 2012.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Florida House of Representatives

The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. State of Florida.

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Florida Senate

The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. State of Florida.

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Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Greater Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami is an urban city center, based around the Central Business District of Miami, Florida, United States.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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Havana on the Hudson

Havana on the Hudson is a nickname derived from the capital of Cuba, Havana, and the geographic proximity to the Hudson River to describe the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, in the United States.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos) are people in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

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Historic districts in the United States

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant.

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Honduran Americans

Honduran Americans (honduro-americano, norteamericano de origen hondureño or estadounidense de origen hondureño) are Americans of Honduran descent.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras), is a republic in Central America.

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida, representing.

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José Javier Rodríguez

José Javier Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician and the former mayor of Las Marías.

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José Martí

José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban National Hero and an important figure in Latin American literature.

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List of neighborhoods in Miami

This is a list of neighborhoods in Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

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Mariel boatlift

The Mariel boatlift was a mass emigration of Cubans, who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between 15 April and 31 October 1980.

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Marlins Park

Marlins Park is a baseball park located in Miami, Florida.

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Median income

Median income is the amount that divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Miami Dade College

Miami Dade College, or simply Miami Dade or MDC, is a state college located in Miami, Florida.

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Miami High School

Miami Senior High School is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, United States, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

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Miami Orange Bowl

The Miami Orange Bowl was an outdoor athletic stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana.

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Miami River (Florida)

The Miami River is a river in the United States state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the city of Miami, including Downtown.

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Miami-Dade Public Library System

The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

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Miami–Dade County, Florida

Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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National Trust for Historic Preservation

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Nicaraguan Americans

A Nicaraguan American (nicaraguo-americano, norteamericano de origen nicaragüense or estadounidense de origen nicaragüense) is an American of Nicaraguan descent.

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Paul George

Paul Clifton Anthony George (born May 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Refugee

A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely (for more detail see legal definition).

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Riverside (Miami)

Riverside is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States.

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Shenandoah (Miami)

Shenandoah is one of the first Neighborhoods in the City of Miami.

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Sobriquet

A sobriquet or soubriquet is a nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another.

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Tamiami Trail

The Tamiami Trail is the southernmost of U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) from Florida State Road 60 (SR 60) in Tampa to US 1 in Miami.

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Teatro 8

Teatro 8 is a theater venue located in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida.

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Teatro Avante

Teatro Avante is a nonprofit theater organization located in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida.

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Tower Theater (Miami, Florida)

MDC's Tower Theater, is one of Miami's oldest cultural landmarks.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Vernacular architecture

Vernacular architecture is an architectural style that is designed based on local needs, availability of construction materials and reflecting local traditions.

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Versailles restaurant

Versailles Restaurant (commonly referred to as simply Versailles), cafeteria, restaurant, and bakery, is a landmark eating establishment located on Calle Ocho (8th St) in Little Havana, Miami.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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Willy Chirino

Willy Chirino (born April 5, 1947 in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American musician.

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Young Women's Preparatory Academy

Young Women's Preparatory Academy (YWPA) is a grade 6-12 magnet school for girls, located in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Havana

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