Opa-locka
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Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, known for its distinctive Moorish Revival architecture and themed street names inspired by the tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opa-locka canonical | 3 |
| Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1355899 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opa-locka Context triple: [Hialeah, Florida, adjacentTo, Opa-locka]
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A.
Tequesta
The Tequesta were a Native American people who inhabited the southeastern coast of Florida, particularly around present-day Miami and the Florida Keys, prior to European contact.
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B.
Boca Chita Key
Boca Chita Key is a small, historic island in Biscayne Bay, Florida, known for its scenic lighthouse, picnic areas, and boating access within Biscayne National Park.
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C.
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne is a small, affluent island town off the coast of Miami, Florida, known for its beaches, parks, and residential communities.
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D.
Islamorada
Islamorada is a village in the Florida Keys known for its sport fishing, clear waters, and laid-back island atmosphere.
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E.
Tocobaga
The Tocobaga were a Native American people who inhabited the Tampa Bay region of Florida prior to European contact.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opa-locka Target entity description: Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, known for its distinctive Moorish Revival architecture and themed street names inspired by the tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
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A.
Tequesta
The Tequesta were a Native American people who inhabited the southeastern coast of Florida, particularly around present-day Miami and the Florida Keys, prior to European contact.
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B.
Boca Chita Key
Boca Chita Key is a small, historic island in Biscayne Bay, Florida, known for its scenic lighthouse, picnic areas, and boating access within Biscayne National Park.
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C.
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne is a small, affluent island town off the coast of Miami, Florida, known for its beaches, parks, and residential communities.
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D.
Islamorada
Islamorada is a village in the Florida Keys known for its sport fishing, clear waters, and laid-back island atmosphere.
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E.
Tocobaga
The Tocobaga were a Native American people who inhabited the Tampa Bay region of Florida prior to European contact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| airportServes | Opa-locka Executive Airport ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Moorish Revival ⓘ |
| areaCode |
305
ⓘ
786 ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Miami-Dade County ⓘ |
| developmentHistory | planned city ⓘ |
| facedIssue |
financial emergency declared by State of Florida
ⓘ
municipal corruption investigations ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 12-51625 ⓘ |
| founder |
Glenn Curtiss
ⓘ
linked to:
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
|
| foundingYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0288170 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Opa-locka City Commission ⓘ |
| governmentType | commission-manager ⓘ |
| hasEthnicDiversity | predominantly African American population ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Opa-locka Executive Airport ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict |
Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area
ⓘ
linked to:
Opa-locka
|
| hasLandmark |
Opa-locka City Hall
ⓘ
Opa-locka Seaboard Air Line Railway Station ⓘ |
| hasRailService | Tri-Rail ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
One Thousand and One Nights
ⓘ
linked to:
The Arabian Nights
|
| incorporationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Moorish Revival architecture
ⓘ
street names inspired by One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Florida
ⓘ
United States Census Bureau-defined Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Fort Lauderdale area
|
| locatedNear |
Hialeah
ⓘ
linked to:
Hialeah, Florida
Miami ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Native American term for Opa-tisha-wocka-locka ⓘ |
| nearWaterBody | Miami Canal ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | residential community with themed architecture ⓘ |
| partOf | Miami metropolitan area ⓘ |
| postalCode |
33054
ⓘ
33055 ⓘ |
| region |
Southeastern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| registeredOn |
National Register of Historic Places (selected buildings)
ⓘ
linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
|
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| streetNameTheme | Arabian Nights characters ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportationAccess |
Gratigny Parkway
ⓘ
State Road 9 ⓘ |
| transportationInfrastructure | Opa-locka Tri-Rail station ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Opa-locka Description of subject: Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, known for its distinctive Moorish Revival architecture and themed street names inspired by the tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Opa-locka