Lebanese Cypriots Explained

Group:	Lebanese people in Cyprus
Population:	20,000 people (by descent)
Popplace:	Nicosia, Limasol
Religions:	Greek Orthodox, Maronite, Melkite, Shia, Sunni
Related-C:	Lebanese people in Greece, Arabs in Greece

Lebanese Cypriots include immigrants and descendants of immigrants from Lebanon, numbering approximately 20,000 people of Lebanese descent.

History

Migration from Lebanon to Cyprus started as early as the 7th century when Lebanese Maronites first settled in Cyprus and the new migration wave started after 1975 during the Lebanese Civil War. Most of the Lebanese from the new migration wave came from Koura District in North Lebanon, which is mostly a Greek Orthodox area. After the Civil War, many Lebanese nationals in Cyprus returned to Lebanon.

In the 2020s, economic instability in Lebanon led to increased emigration to Cyprus. Approximately 12,000 Lebanese citizens immigrated to Cyprus in 2021.^[1]

Notable people

• Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player, Lebanese father and Greek Cypriot mother
• Sarbel, British singer, Greek Cypriot father and Lebanese mother

See also

• Cyprus–Lebanon relations
• List of Lebanese people in Cyprus
• Lebanese people in Greece, ca. 30,000 people
• Maronites in Cyprus
• Our Lady of Grace Cathedral (Nicosia)
• Arabs in Greece
• Greeks in Lebanon

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chehayeb . Kareem . ‘No looking back’: As economy crumbles, Lebanese turn to Cyprus . 2024-06-20 . Al Jazeera . en.