Egyptian Greeks
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The Egyptian Greeks, also known as Egyptiotes (Greek: Αιγυπτιώτες, romanized: Eyiptiótes) or simply Greeks in Egypt (Greek: Έλληνες της Αιγύπτου, romanized: Éllines tis Eyíptou), are the ethnic Greek community from Egypt that has existed from the Hellenistic period until the aftermath of the Egyptian coup d'état of 1952, when most were forced to leave.
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Έλληνες της Αιγύπτου | |
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Total population | |
200,000 (1920)[1] 300,000+ (c. 1940)[2] estimates vary between 5,000–60,000[3][4][5] (today) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Alexandria, Cairo | |
Languages | |
Greek · Egyptian Arabic · French · English | |
Religion | |
Coptic Orthodox Church · Greek Orthodox Church · Greek Catholic Church · Sunni Islam · Shia Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African Greeks · Ethiopian Greeks, Sudanese Greeks · Roman Africans |
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