Umoja Village is located in which Miami area with a very large concentration of African-American residents?
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Umoja Village The Umoja Village shantytown was founded on October 23, 2006, in the Liberty City section of Miami, Florida, in response to gentrification and a lack of low-income housing in Miami. The name "Umoja" is Swahili for "unity", hence "Unity Village".
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Liberty City (Miami) Liberty City is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States. The area is roughly bound by NW 79th Street to the north, NW 27th Avenue to the west, Northwest 36th Street to the South, and Interstate 95 to the east. The Miami neighborhood is home to one of the largest concentrations of African Americans in South Florida, as of 2000 Census. Although often referred to as "Model City" both historically and by the City of Miami government, the neighborhood is more commonly referred to as "Liberty City" by local residents.
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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. The 5.5 mi long river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. It was originally a natural river inhabited at its mouth by the Tequesta Indians, but it was dredged and is now polluted because of its route through Miami-Dade County. The mouth of the river is now home to the Port of Miami and many other businesses whose pressure to maintain it has helped to improve the river's condition.
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Miami MacArthur South Senior High School Miami MacArthur South Senior High School is a public high school in Naranja, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
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Take Back the Land Take Back the Land is an American organisation based in Miami, Florida devoted to blocking evictions, and rehousing homeless people in foreclosed houses. Take Back the Land was formed in October 2006 to build the Umoja Village Shantytown on a plot of unoccupied land to protest gentrification and a lack of low-income housing in Miami. The group began opening houses in October 2007 and moved six homeless families into vacant homes in 2008. By April 2009, the group had moved 20 families into foreclosed houses. , the group had ten volunteers. Take Back the Land volunteers break into the houses, clean, paint and make repairs, change the locks, and help move the homeless families in. They provide supplies and furniture and help residents turn on electricity and water. Though the occupations are of contested legality, local police officers were not intervening, judging it to be the responsibility of house owners to protect their property or request assistance.
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Obeakpu Obeakpu is a small village in Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State, Nigeria. It is inhabited by two major ethnic groups: Umuasharam and Umuolu. In Umuasharam, there are four kindreds, which are Umu-Oparaji, Umu-Opara-ukuwoma, Umu-Oparaugu, and Umu-Oparanyaehie. There are also four kindreds in Umuolu, which are Duruakuehie, Uluiheagwu, Uluekezie, and Uluamuka. The people of Umu-asharam can marry Umuolu. Umuasharam people cannot marry within Umuasharam kindreds. The people of Umuolu cannot marry people belonging to Umuolu kindreds.
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Brickell Brickell ( ) is an urban neighborhood of Greater Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Directly south of the historic CBD, Brickell is Miami and South Florida's major financial district.
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Palmetto Bay, Florida Palmetto Bay is a Miami suburban incorporated village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,410 during the 2010 US census.
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Miami Villa, Ohio Miami Villa is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from Miami. The neighborhood of South Beach, comprising the southernmost 2.5 mi2 of Miami Beach, along with downtown Miami and the Port of Miami, collectively form the commercial center of South Florida. As of the 2010 census, Miami Beach had a total population of 87,779. It has been one of America's pre-eminent beach resorts since the early 20th century.
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Lummus Park, Miami Lummus Park is a 5.9 acre urban park in the Lummus Park Historic District of Miami, Florida, just west of Downtown.
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Plantation, Florida Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 87,496. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
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Mary Brickell Village The Shops at Mary Brickell Village is a lifestyle center located in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It has become a very popular downtown destination, bringing new stores and eateries to the area. Although the center spans two blocks (9th and 10th Streets) of Miami Avenue, the nighttime crowds spread throughout Brickell from the center, most notably up and down Miami Avenue, where a large number of upscale bars such as Baro, Blue Martini, restaurants such as The Draku Sushi, Jimmy Johns, The Oceanaire Seafood, and retail such as Eyetrust Vision, Brickell Diamond Co, and The Sudio LX.
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Miccosukee Resort &amp; Gaming Miccosukee Resort & Gaming is a resort and casino on the western outskirts of Miami, Florida, off 500 Southwest 177th Avenue on the edge of the Everglades. Located in a 9-story building, it has a colored statue of a young Miccosukee boy outside the front entrance. It has been cited as "one of the most unusual resort destinations in Florida" due to the contrast between the Native American village surroundings and the casino. Established in 1999 at a reported cost of $45 million, it is operated by about 400 members of the Miccosukee Tribe.
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Howard, Florida Howard is a predominantly low income African-American neighborhood of Kendall, an unincorporated community and CDP located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is located just west of downtown Pinecrest, and just north of The Falls, a shopping mall.
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Hialeah, Florida Hialeah ( ) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, Hialeah has a population of 224,669. Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in the state. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census. It is located west-northwest of Miami, and is the only place in the county, other than Homestead, Florida, to have its own street grid numbered separately from the rest of the county (which is otherwise based on Miami Avenue at Flagler Street in downtown Miami, the county seat).
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Bahama Village Bahama Village is a neighborhood in the City of Key West, Florida, Monroe County, United States. It is located southwest of downtown, in Old Town.
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Biscayne Gardens, Florida Biscayne Gardens is neighborhood of Golden Glades, a CDP and unincorporated community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Biscayne Gardens is located about 10 mi north of Downtown Miami, just south of the Golden Glades interchange and east of Opa-locka.
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Ubomiri Ubomiri is a town located near Owerri, capital city of Imo State, in southeastern Nigeria. Ubomiri is made of nine villages: Egbeada, Amauburu, Umuabili, Obokpo, Umuocha, Ohuba ohum Ahama and Umuojinaka.
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Tuxedo Park, New York Tuxedo Park is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 623 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The name is derived from a Native American word of the Lenape language, "tucsedo" or "p'tuxseepu", which is said to mean "crooked water" or "crooked river."
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Florida, Orange County, New York Florida is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2010 census estimates. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The village is located in the town of Warwick, with two small northern portions in the town of Goshen. Florida is at the convergence of Routes 17A, 25, and 94.
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Melbourne Village, Florida Melbourne Village is a town in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 662 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the smallest incorporated municipality (by population) in Brevard County.