Italo-tunisini (Italian) | |
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Total population | |
3,000 (by birth, 2006) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Tabarka, La Goulette, Tunis Italian Tunisians living in Italy: Sicily, Rome (migrant descendants of those people, from Sicily), Naples (Sicilian Tunisian immigrants) | |
Languages | |
French, Italian, Tunisian Arabic, Sicilian, Neapolitan, other Italian dialects | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism,[1] Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Eritreans, Italian Ethiopians, Italian Libyans, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian Somalis, Italian South Africans, Italian Zimbabweans |
Italian Tunisians (Italian: Italo-tunisini, or Italians of Tunisia) are Tunisian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Tunisia during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Tunisia. Migration and colonization, particularly during the 19th century, led to significant numbers of Italians settling in Tunisia.[2]