Moroccans in Italy
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| Regions with significant populations | ||||
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| Arabic (Moroccan Arabic), and Italian | ||||
| Religion | ||||
| mainly Sunni Islam but also Irreligious and Atheism | ||||
There is a large population of Moroccans in Italy. According to Italy's 2011 census, 452,424 Moroccans (0.74% of total population) consider themselves to be of Moroccan origin. Moroccans continue to be the third largest non-indigenous minority ethnic group in Italy after Romanians and Albanians.
Geographical distribution
Based on Demo Istat statistics
- Turin 19,185 (2.11% of total residents)
- Milan 7,634
- Rome 4,026
- Genoa 3,807
- Bologna 3,475
- Modena 3,430 (1.86%)
- Reggio Emilia 3,240 (1.90%)
Notable people
- Mostafa Errebbah (1971), long-distance runner
- Nadia Ejjafini (1977), long-distance runner
- Khalid Chaouki (1983), politician
- Malika Ayane (1984), singer
- Jonis Khoris (1989), footballer
- Yonese Hanine (1990), footballer
- Adam Masina (1994), footballer
- Hachim Mastour (1998), footballer
See also
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, vol. 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
