Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 218,896, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Hialeah is part of the Miami metropolitan area and the Greater South Florida metropolitan area.

The city incorporated in 1925. Many historical events and people have been linked with Hialeah, in the same year, Hialeah Park opened, 220 acres of one of the most grand of thorough bred horse racing parks with its majestic Mediterranean style architecture.

Celebrities and politicians came to bet on the magnificent horses including Winston Churchill, the Kennedy Family, Harry Truman and J.P. Morgan. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the park is also an Audubon Bird Sanctuary, its famous pink flamingos a trademark. It was completely rebuilt in 1931 by Joseph E. Widener. Another historical event in 1937, the famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart said her final good-byes to the continental U.S. from Hialeah as she left on her ill-fated flight around the world.