Total population | |
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420,650 (2017) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Lombardy · Piedmont · Emilia-Romagna | |
Languages | |
Arabic (Moroccan Arabic), Berber, French and Italian | |
Religion | |
Mainly Sunni Islam, [1] Minority:Christianity, [1] Judaism and Irreligion |
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Based on Demo Istat statistics. [4]
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: [1]
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