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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 20,000 people (by descent) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nicosia, Limasol | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic language (Including Cypriot Arabic) and Greek language | |
| Religion | |
| Greek Orthodox, Maronite, Melkite, Shia, Sunni | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| 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. 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. During the Civil War the number of Lebanese was higher, however after the end of the war many returned to Lebanon.
