Hallandale Beach
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city in Broward County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Broward
- Settled halland settlement
- c. 1895
- Incorporated town of hallandale
- May 14, 1927
- Incorporated city of hallandale
- August 27, 1947
- Incorporated city of hallandale beach
- August 27, 1999
- Named after
- Luther Halland
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- City
- 4.61 sq mi (11.95 km )
- Land
- 4.21 sq mi (10.91 km )
- Water
- 0.40 sq mi (1.04 km ) 7.47%
- Elevation
- 7 ft (2.1 m)
- Density
- 9,785.3/sq mi (3,778.14/km )
- Metro
- 5,564,635
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 754 , 954
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Encyclopedic overview
Hallandale Beach (formerly known simply as Hallandale) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, the son of a Swedish worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. It is also part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2023 census, its population was 41,547.
The city is known as the home of Gulfstream Park (horse racing and casino) and Big Easy Casino, which hosts the World Classic. It also has a sizable downtown financial district with banks, brokerage houses, and restaurants. Together with neighbouring Hollywood, Florida, it is a popular center for Canadian tourists, leading to its description as "Canada's southernmost city."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hallandale Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.