Little India (location)

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Little India is an ethnic enclave containing a large population of Indian people within a society where the majority of people are either not South Asians or where the majority in the enclave are indigenous to states in the country of India within a South Asian Society not identifying as Indian. It may also refer to an area with a high concentration of South Asian shops and restaurants.

[edit] List of places known as "Little India"

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[edit] Africa

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Kenya

[edit] South West Asia

[edit] Saudi Arabia

[edit] United Arab Emirates

[edit] South East Asia

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Myanmar

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Australia

[edit] Europe

[edit] Germany

  • Frankfurt, on the corner of Muenchener and Weser streets

[edit] Netherlands, The

  • The Hague, Paul Krügerlaan, Transvaal (shopping street)

[edit] Spain

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] North America

Pioneer Boulevard in Artesia, California, USA

[edit] Canada

  • Vancouver
  • Toronto and surrounding suburbs are very multicultural with minorities representing over 50% of the population. People of South Asian descent constitute the largest minority group in the GTA. Although it does not constitute an enclave as no parts of Toronto is exclusive to one minority group, South Asians do make up a significant percentage of the population in parts of the city approaching as high as 40%. South Asians are very diverse coming from Africa and the Caribbean in addition to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. There are 684,070 south asians in the Greater Toronto Area, constituting 14% of its population. Depending on the source, Toronto has either the largest or second-largest Indian population in North America. One source states that New York City has the largest foreign-indian population, while another states that Toronto has the largest foreign-indian population.
  • Calgary - 4th Street
  • Montreal - Rue Jean Talon

[edit] United States

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