North Miami Beach (commonly referred to as NMB) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

Originally named "Fulford-by-the-Sea" in 1926, after Captain William H. Fulford of the U.S. Coast Guard, the city was renamed "North Miami Beach" in 1931.

[8] The hurricane of 1926 essentially ended the South Florida real estate boom, and in an effort to alleviate their losses and the damage to the city, local residents came together as the Town of Fulford.

[9] The approximate coordinates for the City of North Miami Beach is located in northeastern Miami-Dade County at 25°55′49″N 80°10′1″W / 25.93028°N 80.16694°W / 25.93028; -80.16694.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.37 square miles (13.9 km2).

They are now a short distance away, within the city of Sunny Isles Beach across the Intracoastal Waterway.

[21] As of 2000, North Miami Beach had the fourth highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, with 19.9% of the US populace.

[22] It's also home to the twenty-eighth highest percentage of Peruvian residents in the US, at 1.8% of the population (tied with Richmond West.

[citation needed] Despite Asians making up only 3.41% of North Miami Beach's population as of 2020, the city's main commercial artery along NE 167th street converging into North Miami Beach Boulevard and then becoming 163rd street, has taken the unofficial name of "Chinatown" due to the large concentration of Asian owned and operated businesses in the area.

The area has been referred to unofficially as "Chinatown" since the early 1990s by both locals and North Miami Beach city officials.

North Miami Beach's has a historic 12th century medieval Spanish monastery, the St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church.

This stone building around a patio, the cloisters of the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, was built in Sacramenia, Segovia, Spain in the 12th century.

North Miami Beach expanded its parks in the 1980s as a result of the city commission making strides to benefit the community.

[30] North Miami Beach is governed by a commission-manager system[31] in the form of a Mayor, Commission, and a professional City Manager.

[34] Miami-Dade County Public Schools serves North Miami Beach.

Renovations to this facility in 1981 and 1994 grew the branch from its original 10,000 square feet to make room for the library's expanding collection.

The NMB Library offers a variety of services to the residents of North Miami Beach, such as access to study and meeting rooms, employment resources, early literacy programs, voter registration forms, citizenship materials, and passport assistance.

[39] Access to computers, 3D printers, virtual reality, and zSpace for educational and recreational purposes is also provided.