African immigrants to Italy
| Total population |
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| approx. 932,000 residents as of 2009.[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Rome, Milan, Florence, Palermo, Brescia, Venice, Genoa, Turin, Parma, Bologna |
| Languages |
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Italian, Afro-Asiatic languages, Niger–Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages |
| Religion |
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Predominantly Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, Islam |
African immigrants to Italy include Italian citizens and residents originally from Africa. Immigrants from Africa officially residing in Italy in 2009 numbered about 932,000 residents.[1]
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[edit] Distribution
[edit] North and Northeast Africans
The largest group of immigrants from Africa are from North Africa, numbering about 647,000 official residents in 2009.[2] By country of origin, most of these recent arrivals are from Morocco (431,529), Tunisia (103,678), Egypt (82,064) and Algeria (25,449). Unofficial estimates are considerably higher. Italy also has a number of immigrants from Libya (1,468), Somalia (7,728), Eritrea (12,967) and Ethiopia (8,350), territories where Italian expatriates had a presence during the colonial period.
[edit] West and Central Africans
Compared to North and Northeast Africans, the percentage of West and Central Africans as a proportion of immigrants to Italy from Africa is 30.6% (approximately 307,000 residents).[3]
West Africans represent the majority of Sub-Saharan Africans in Italy, who number around 307,000.[4] mostly coming from Senegal (72,618), Nigeria (48,674) and Ghana (44,353).
[edit] Notable individuals
- Josephine Bakhita - Catholic saint born in Sudan
- Matteo Ferrari - Footballer born in Algeria
- Nour Eddine - Singer and film-maker born in Morocco
- Saba Anglana - Singer and actress born in Somalia
- Michele Amatore - Italian army captain born in Sudan
- Adel Smith - Italian Muslim born in Egypt
- Christian Manfredini - Footballer born in Côte d'Ivoire
- Jaco Erasmus - Rugby player born in South Africa
- Magdi Allam - Politician born in Egypt
- Dacia Valent - Member of the European Parliament born in Somalia
- Giovanni De Min - Footballer born in Eritrea
- Remo Girone - Actor born in Eritrea
- Nicholas Northcote - Cricket player born in South Africa
- Bruno Lauzi - Italian singer born in Eritrea
- Sandra Milo - Italian actress born in Tunisia
- Gert Peens - Rugby player born in South Africa
- Desmond N'Ze Kouassi - Footballer born in Ghana
- Tahar Lamri - Writer born in Algeria
- Jean-Léonard Touadi - Politician born in Republic of the Congo
- Jacques Riparelli - Athlete born in Cameroon
- Audrey Alloh - Athlete born in Côte d'Ivoire
- Sumbu Kalambay - Boxer born in Zaire
- Migidio Bourifa - Athlete born in Morocco
- Zahra Bani - Javelin thrower born in Somalia
- Mostafa Errebbah - Athlete born in Morocco
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri africani 2009
- ^ ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri 2009 Africa Settentrionale
- ^ ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri 2009 Africa Occidentale, Orientale, Centro-Meridio
- ^ ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri 2009 Africa Occidentale
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