Minnesota's Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis is known as "Little [BLANK]" because it has the largest Somali population of any city outside Somalia.

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Cedar-Riverside is referred to as "Little Mogadishu" after Somalia's capital. Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali population outside Somalia, with roughly 50,000 Somalis in Hennepin County alone. In Cedar-Riverside, 44.5% of residents are Black and 42% are foreign-born. The neighborhood has become an economic and cultural hub for Somali immigrants and refugees, with businesses, mosques, and community organizations concentrated there. TPS termination threatens this community's stability, though most residents are citizens or legal permanent residents.

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