Moroccans in Italy

There is a large population of Moroccans in Italy. According to Italy's 2016 census, 675,650 Italians are foreign people with Moroccan nationality, ethnic-Moroccans are estimated at 1,025,000, that is 1.1% the population of Italy. Moroccans continue to be the third largest non-indigenous minority ethnic group in Italy after Romanians and Albanians.

Moroccans in Italy
Total population
Total population of Moroccan born and ancestry 1,025,000[1] 675,650 (2016) Moroccan-born ~0.42%% of total population[2]
Regions with significant populations
Lombardy · Piedmont · Emilia-Romagna
Languages
Arabic (Moroccan Arabic), Berber and Italian
Religion
Mainly Sunni Islam,[3] Minority:Christianity[3] and Judaism

Geographical distribution

Based on Demo Istat statistics.[4]

Religion

In the years 2011 and 2012 the ISTAT made a survey regarding the religious affiliation among the immigrants in Italy, the religion of the Moroccan people in Italy were as follows:[3]

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading

  • Salih, Ruba (2002), "Shifting Meanings of 'Home': Consumption and identity in Moroccan women's transnational practices between Italy and Morocco", in Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig; Koser, Khalid (eds.), New approaches to migration?: transnational communities and the transformation of home, Transnationalism, 3, Routledge, pp. 51–67, ISBN 978-0-415-25432-8
  • Blangiardo, Giam Carlo (July 2003), "Rapport sur l'immigration en Italie et notamment sur les ressortissants marocains", in Kabbaj, Khadija (ed.), Marocains de l'Extérieur (PDF), Rabat: Fondation Hassan II pour les Marocains Résidant à l'Etranger, pp. 269–285, ISBN 9954-400-19-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-06
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