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Overtown

Overtown is a historically African-American neighborhood located just north of downtown Miami and is considered part of Miami's Central District. It is also Miami’s poorest neighborhood.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 6,740 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Miami, Florida, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Miami/Overtown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaseya Center and Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

Stadium
Photo: Jjron, GFDL.
is a multi-purpose arena on in , Florida. The arena is home to the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. The arena was previously named American Airlines Arena from opening in 1999 until 2021, FTX Arena from 2021 until 2023, and Miami-Dade Arena during an interim period in 2023.

Theater building
Photo: Averette, CC BY 3.0.
The of Miami-Dade County is a performing arts center located in , Florida. It is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States.

Theater building
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The is a historic theater in , at 819 Northwest Second Avenue. It served Miami's African American community. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places after being proposed by Dorothy Jenkins Fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Miami and Midtown.

Photo: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district in , steel-and-glass buildings have sprung up around downtown, the heart of the city. By day there's plenty of activity downtown, as suited lawyers and bankers share the sidewalks with Latino merchants wearing open-neck, intricately embroidered shirts called guayaberas.

Photo: Averette, Public domain.
Miami is the collective term for the and Edgewater neighborhoods of , . It is located north of and south of the and is roughly bound by North 20th Street to the south, I-195 to the north, I-95 to the west, and to the east.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. is known for being an entertainment district, with artwork, restaurants, breweries, clothing stores, and dance venues, among other retail options.

Overtown

Latitude
25.7872° or 25° 47′ 14″ north
Longitude
-80.19929° or 80° 11′ 57″ west
Population
6,740
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
76QXQRP2+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 968566940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
11125959
Wiki­data ID
Q3358937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Overtown” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “上城”
  • Dutch: “Overtown”
  • French: “Overtown”
  • German: “Overtown”
  • Hebrew: “מיאמי/אזור האוברטאון”
  • Italian: “Overtown”
  • Polish: “Overtown”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Overtown”. Photo: Pietro, CC BY-SA 3.0.