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Somalis in South Africa
Total population
70,000 (2015)[1]
Regions with significant populations
  • Johannesburg
  • Durban
  • Cape Town
  • Pretoria
Languages
  • Somali
  • Arabic
  • English
Religion
Islam

Somalis in South Africa are residents of South Africa who are of Somali descent. The earliest communities were formed in Cape Town and surrounding areas in the late nineties and early 2000s. A number of Somali-South African residents have risen to prominence locally and internationally.

  1. ^ "'Little Mogadishu': 2nd home for Somalis in S. Africa". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-04-24.

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