Arabs in Berlin
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Total population |
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Estimated at around 135,000 [1] (3.5%) |
Regions with significant populations |
Berlin
Neukölln , Schöneberg , Gesundbrunnen , Moabit , Kreuzberg |
Languages |
German · Arabic |
Religion |
Predominantly Muslim ; large Christian minority among Levantine Arabs |
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Arabs in Berlin form the fourth-largest ethnic minority group in Berlin , after the Turkish , Polish and Russian community. As of December 2017, there are about 135,000 people of any Arab origin residing in the city, which corresponds to 3.5% of the population. [1]
History
Most Arabs came to Germany in the 1970s, partly as Gastarbeiter from Morocco , the Turkish Province of Mardin (see: Arabs in Turkey ) and Tunisia . However, the majority of Arabs in Berlin are refugees of the conflicts in the Middle East , e.g. the Lebanon Wars , Palestinian exodus , the recent Iraq War , Libyan Civil War and Syrian Civil War . The Arabs in Berlin are not a homogeneous group because they originate from about 20 countries.
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 | |||
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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.
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