El Portal

El Portal is a village in , United States. The name is derived from the Spanish term for "the gate", after two wooden gates that once stood as a gateway to the village.
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  • Type: Village with 2,400 residents
  • Description: village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States of America
  • Also known as: El Portal, FL” and “El Portal, Florida

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lemon City Branch Library and Vagabond Motel.

Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Lemon City Library is the oldest library within the Miami-Dade Public Library System. The library opened to the public on April 7, 1894, and featured a reading room. is situated 1½ miles south of El Portal.

Hotel
The is a historic motel located at 7301 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida that exhibits Miami Modern architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in late 2014 after being nominated by the state.

Museum
Photo: Skillz187, Public domain.
The is a collecting museum located in . The 23,000-square-foot building was designed by the architecture firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, New York City. is situated 2½ miles north of El Portal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miami Shores and MiMo Boulevard.

Village
or Village is a village in . The village is part of the of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,567, up from 10,493 in 2010.

is in , running along Biscayne Boulevard from 50th Terrace up to 77th street. The term MiMo stands for Miami Modern Architecture, commemorating its post World War II modern architecture.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , , . It is known historically as Lemon City, Little River and Edison Center. It is home to immigrant residents, as well as residents from the rest of the . is situated 1½ miles south of El Portal.

El Portal

Latitude
25.85537° or 25° 51′ 19″ north
Longitude
-80.1931° or 80° 11′ 35″ west
Population
2,400
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
76QXVR44+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154310045
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4154299
Wiki­data ID
Q2188511
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“El Portal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إل بورتال
  • Asturian: El Portal
  • Basque: El Portal
  • Catalan: El Portal
  • Cebuano: El Portal
  • Chinese: El Portal
  • Chinese: 埃尔波特尔
  • Chinese: 艾尔波特
  • Czech: El Portal
  • Dutch: El Portal
  • Egyptian Arabic: ال بورتال
  • French: El Portal
  • German: El Portal
  • Gilaki: ال پؤرتال (فلؤريدا)
  • Gilaki: ال پؤرتال
  • Haitian: El Portal, Florid
  • Haitian: El Portal
  • Italian: El Portal
  • Japanese: El Portal, FL
  • Japanese: El Portal, Florida
  • Japanese: El Portal
  • Japanese: エル・ポルタル
  • Ladin: El Portal
  • Mazanderani: ال پورتال
  • Min Nan Chinese: El Portal
  • Newari: एल पोर्टल, फ्लोरिडा
  • Newari: एल पोर्टल
  • Norwegian Bokmål: El Portal
  • Norwegian: El Portal
  • Persian: ال پورتال، فلوریدا
  • Persian: ال پورتال
  • Polish: El Portal
  • Portuguese: El Portal
  • Serbian: Ел Портал
  • Serbo-Croatian: El Portal, Florida
  • Serbo-Croatian: El Portal
  • Slovak: El Portal
  • South Azerbaijani: ال پورتال، فلوریدا
  • Spanish: El Portal (Florida)
  • Spanish: El Portal
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Портал
  • Uzbek: El Portal
  • Volapük: El Portal
  • Waray (Philippines): El Portal, Florida
  • Waray (Philippines): El Portal
  • Welsh: El Portal, Florida
  • Welsh: El Portal

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