Hamtramck, Michigan

Hamtramck is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan in the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 22,976. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit on all sides, except for a small portion of the western border which touches the similarly surrounded city of Highland Park. Hamtramck is named for the soldier Jean Francois Hamtramck who was the first American commander of Fort Shelby, the fortification at Detroit. Hamtramck was originally settled by Eastern European immigrants, particularly Poles, who still make up a large proportion of the population. It is sometimes confused with Poletown, a traditional Polish neighborhood which lies mostly in the city of Detroit and includes a small part of Hamtramck.

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Wayne County, Michigan - United States of America - 2000 - Detroit - Highland Park - Jean Francois Hamtramck - Fort Shelby - Poletown

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Recently, Hamtramck's city council voted unanimously to amend the city's noise ordinance to allow loudspeaker broadcasts of the Islamic call to prayer and Christian church bells.

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