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.
| 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]
Muslims: 99.0%
Christianity: 0.3%- Non religious: 0.5%
- Other religions: 0.3%
Notable people
- Mostafa Errebbah (1971), long-distance runner
- Nadia Ejjafini (1977), long-distance runner
- Malika Ayane (1984), singer
- Jonis Khoris (1989), footballer
- Yonese Hanine (1990), footballer
- Adam Masina (1994), footballer
- Hachim Mastour (1998), footballer
References
- https://www.tuttitalia.it/statistiche/cittadini-stranieri/marocco/
- https://www.tuttitalia.it/statistiche/cittadini-stranieri/marocco/
- "Appartenenza e pratica religiosa tra i cittadini stranieri". www.istat.it (in Italian). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- "Cittadini Marocchini in Italia - 2017". Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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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