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Belle Glade
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city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach
- Settled hillsboro settlement
- c. 1912–April 8, 1928
- Incorporated town of belle glade
- April 9, 1928
- Incorporated city of belle glade
- September 11, 1945
- Type
- Commissioner-Manager
- Total
- 7.03 sq mi (18.21 km )
- Land
- 6.97 sq mi (18.06 km )
- Water
- 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Density
- 2,394.9/sq mi (924.66/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 561 , 728
- Fips code
- 12-05200
- Website
- http://www.bellegladegov.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Belle Glade
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Palm Beach County
- Population
- 16698
- Area
- 14.800133
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.bellegladegov.com
- Image
- Welcome to Belle Glade FL; Old sign.jpg
- Households
- 6324
- Dialing code
- 561
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Belle Glade, Florida
- Commons category
- Belle Glade, Florida
- postal code
- 33430
- inception
- 1925-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.6842
- per capita income
- 16264
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Encyclopedic overview
Belle Glade is a city in south-central Florida in the far western part of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, on the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census, Belle Glade had a population of 16,698.
Belle Glade (and the surrounding area) is sometimes referred to as "Muck City" due to the large quantity of muck, in which sugarcane grows, found in the area. Despite being located in the South Florida region of the state, Belle Glade is culturally more associated with the Florida Heartland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belle Glade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.