Iraqis in the Netherlands
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There are over 50,000 Iraqis in the Netherlands (Dutch: Irakezen in Nederland; Arabic: العراقيون في هولندا, romanized: al-ʻIrāqīyūn fī Hūlandā), including immigrants from Iraq and locally born people of Iraqi heritage, constiting 0.3% of the total population in the Netherlands. Some sources claim an estimation of 60,000 people of Iraqi descent living in the Netherlands.[1] The Iraqi community in the Netherlands is the 4th largest and has the highest percentage of qualified and professional people and artistes who have integrated well and have become useful members of the Dutch society.[2]
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Total population | |
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55,000 - 60,000 0.3% of the Dutch population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Amsterdam, The Hague, Almelo, Arnhem, Enschede | |
Languages | |
Dutch and Iraqi Arabic, also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), and Neo-Aramaic (Chaldean, Ashuri, and Mandaic) | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Islam and Christianity (Syriac Christianity and Catholic); Mandaeism. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Azeris, Iranians, Mizrahim, Turks, Mandaeans, Some descendants Dutch |
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