Arabs in Berlin
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Estimated at around 135,000 Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Muslim; large Christian minority among Levantine Arabs |
Arabs in Berlin form the fourth-largest ethnic minority group in
Arab origin residing in the city, which corresponds to 3.5% of the population.[1]
History
Most Arabs came to
Syrian Civil War. The Arabs in Berlin are not a homogeneous group because they originate from about 20 countries.[2]
Distribution
Similar to the Turkish community, Arab people are primarily concentrated in the inner-city boroughs of former West Berlin.
| Top 5 Berlin boroughs with largest population claiming Arab descent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Borough | Population | Percentage | |
| 1 | Neukölln | 15,641 | 5.1% | |
| 2 | Mitte | 15,489 | 4.6% | |
| 3 | Tempelhof-Schöneberg | 7,478 | 2.2% | |
| 4 | Kreuzberg | 7,306 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf | 6,864 | 2.1% | |
In the case of Neukölln, 80% of Arabs live in the same-named locality of Neukölln, forming up to 10% of the populace. Around 35,000 are of Palestinian and 15,000 of Lebanese origin. The rest of 20,000 are mostly of Moroccan, Iraqi, Algerian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan and Syrian origin.
See also
- Arab diaspora
- Arabs in Germany
- Arabs in Europe
- Lebanese diaspora
- Syrian diaspora
- Palestinian diaspora
- Moroccan diaspora
- Iraqi diaspora
- Egyptian diaspora
References
- ^ a b "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
- ^ Shahd Wari: Palestinian Berlin: Perception and Use of Public Space. In: Habitat–International. Schriften zur Internationalen Stadtentwicklung, Band 22. Lit-Verlag 2017: p. 67, 74, 259