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The Somali Museum of Minnesota (also known as the Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum) is a cultural institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.The Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro area is home to the largest Somali immigrant and refugee population in the United States, after civil war in Somalia prompted large-scale displacement of the Somali people. [1]
History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Somalis are an ethnic group in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area that makes up the largest Somali diasporas in the United States. By 2018, approximately 43,000 people born in Somalia were living in Minnesota, and approximately 94,000 Minnesotans spoke Somali language at home. [1][2]
Samatar Crossing is a 1,850-foot (560 m), shared-use path and innovative urban redesign project in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.Posthumously named after Somali-American politician and activist Hussein Samatar, the crossing connects the Downtown East/Elliot Park and Cedar-Riverside neighborhoods via a former interstate highway ramp. [1]
At least 44,000 Minnesota residents were born in Somalia and another 29,000 first-generation Somali Americans call the state home, according to data compiled by Minnesota Compass.. In the decades ...
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
Abdirizak Bihi (Somali: Cabdirisaaq Biixi, Arabic: عبد الرزاق بيهي) is a Somali-American social activist. Since 1996, he has been an organizer within the Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] Bihi is the Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center. [2] In this capacity, he has worked toward educating and ...
1996 (age 27–28) Somalia. Political party. Democratic (DFL) Alma mater. Metropolitan State University. Nadia Mohamed (born c. 1996) is an American politician and mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota since 2023. Mohamed is the first Somali American elected as mayor of a U.S. city. [1][2][a]
Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was estimated to be 429,606. The racial composition of the city is predominantly non-Hispanic White, making up approximately 58.1% of the population, followed by African Americans at ...