Group: | Somalis in Italy |
Population: | 7,903 (ISTAT, 2016) |
Langs: | SomaliArabicItalian |
Rels: | Islam & Christianity (Catholic Church) |
Somalis and Italo Somalis in Italy are citizens and residents of Italy who are of Somali ancestry. The community is small, dating to the end of the Italian Empire.
As of 2016, there were 7,903 immigrants from Somalia in Italy.[1] In 2006, there were 6,414 residents. The three cities with the largest concentration of Somalis are: Rome (1,885), Turin (464) and Florence (443).[2]