Senegalese people in Italy

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Senegalese people in Italy
Total population
94.030 (ISTAT: 2014)
Regions with significant populations
Lombardy · Lazio · Emilia-Romagna
Languages
Wolof · Italian · French
Religion
Majority of Sunni Islam · Atheism

The presence of the Senegalese in Italy dates back to the 1980s.^{[ citation needed ]}

Numbers
Notable Senegaleses in Italy
See also
References
Notes

Numbers

In 2014 in Italy there are 94,030 regular immigrants from Senegal. In 2006 there were 59,857. The three cities with most number of Senegaleses are: Milan, Rome, and Genoa.^[1]

Notable Senegaleses in Italy

Notable Senegalese people based in Italy or Italian-born with Senegalese heritage:

Aminata Aidara, journalist, short story writer and novelist
Cheikh Tidiane Gaye, novelist
Jenny B, singer
Edrissa Sanneh, former DJ and sports journalist
Abramo Canka, professional basketball player
Valentina Diouf, professional volleyball player
Davide Diaw, professional football player
Alfred Gomis, professional footballer
Lys Gomis, footballer
Mamadou Coulibaly, footballer
Maurice Gomis, footballer
Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye, professional boxer
Cher Ndour, footballer
Welle Ossou, footballer
Khaby Lame, social media personality
Obama, drag queen

References

Notes

↑ "Comuni Italiani". Comuni (in Italian). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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Europe	Albanians Austrians Bosnians British Bulgarians Croats French Greeks Kosovars Macedonians Moldovans Poles Romanians Russians Serbs Slovenians Spaniards Swiss Ukrainians
Africa	Algerians Cape Verdeans Congolese Egyptians Ethiopians Eritreans Ghanaians Moroccans Nigerians Senegalese Somalis Tunisians
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Senegalese people in Italy

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Numbers

Notable Senegaleses in Italy

See also

References

Notes