Italo-eritrei (Italian) | |
|---|---|
  | |
 Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara, built by the Italians in 1923 and now meeting place of the remaining Eritrean Italians | |
| Total population | |
| 100,000 descendants in 2008[1][2][3]
1,100[4] in 2024 (Italian nationals). | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Asmara, Massawa and Keren | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Tigrinya | |
| Religion | |
| Christian, mostly Roman Catholic, minority of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Ethiopians, Italian Libyans, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian Somalis, Italian South Africans, Italian Tunisians, Italian Zimbabweans |
Italian Eritreans (or Eritrean Italians, Italian: Italo-eritrei) are Eritrean-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Eritrea during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Eritrea.
- ^ The Italian Ambassador stated at the 2008 Film Festival in Asmara [1] Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine that nearly 100,000 Eritreans in 2008 have Italian blood, because they have at least one grandfather or great-grandfather from Italy
- ^ http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg13/lavori/stampati/sk6000/relazion/5634.htm Descendants of Italians in Eritrea (in Italian)
- ^ http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.camera.it%2F_dati%2Fleg13%2Flavori%2Fstampati%2Fsk6000%2Frelazion%2F5634.htm&lp=it_en&.intl=us&fr=yfp-t-501[permanent dead link] Descendants of Italians in Eritrea (in English)
- ^ "Italian in Eritrea".