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Nigerian people in Italy
Italy Nigeria
Total population
119,435 (ISTAT: 2021)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Veneto · Emilia-Romagna · Lombardy  · Sicily
Languages
English · Italian · Niger–Congo languages
Religion
Protestantism · Catholic Church · Sunni Islam

The presence of Nigerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.[citation needed]

Numbers

In 2021, there are 119,435 immigrants from Nigeria in Italy. In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria, while In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are: Turin, Rome and Padua.[2] But many Nigerians also reside on the island of Sicily.[3]

Nigerians in Italy

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See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=P03&l=it
  2. ^ "Comuni Italiani". Comuni (in Italian). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ^ Horowitz, Jason (22 May 2019). "Palermo Is Again a Migrant City, Shaped Now by Bangladeshis and Nigerians". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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