• Source: Moroccans in Italy

There is a large population of Moroccans in Italy. are Italians citizens and nationals ethnic group, of the Italy with Italian citizenship and an Italian passport of Moroccans descent, immigrants from Morocco to the Italy and their descendants they are the third largest ethnic group in the Italy after Romanians in Italy and Albanians in Italy. who come from various ethnic groups, form a distinct community in Italy and part of the wider Moroccan diaspora. They represent the largest non-Europeans immigrant population in Italy and are widely referred to as Italiano-Marocchini in Italians. According to the Italian National Institute of Statistics, the country was home to 420,650 Moroccan immigrants in 2017. The equivalent figure in 2014 was 454,773.




Geographical distribution


Based on Demo Istat statistics.

Turin 17,253
Milan 7,861
Rome 5,210
Genoa 4,213
Bologna 3,927
Modena 2,977
Reggio Emilia 2,547




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:

Muslims: 99.0%
Christianity: 0.3%
Non religious: 0.5%
Other religions: 0.3%




Notable people



Elijah Benamozegh (1823-1900), rabbi
Souad Sbai (1961), politician
Mostafa Errebbah (1971), long-distance runner
Nadia Ejjafini (1977), long-distance runner
Malika Ayane (1984), singer
Joseph Lasiri (1991), Muay Thai fighter List of ONE Championship champions#ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion
Adam Masina (1994), footballer
Walid Cheddira (1998), footballer
Hachim Mastour (1998), footballer
Shady Oukhadda (1999), footballer




See also



Italy–Morocco relations
Arabs in Europe
Arabs in Italy
Egyptians in Italy
Algerians in Italy




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, 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" (PDF), in Kabbaj, Khadija (ed.), Marocains de l'Extérieur, 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 2006-05-23

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Marocchinate
• Moroccans in Italy
• Italian Moroccans
• Moroccan diaspora
• Moroccans
• Italy–Morocco relations
• Italy
• Tunisian people in Italy
• Morocco (disambiguation)
• Moroccans in Belgium
• Marocchinate