Kurds in Lebanon

Kurds in Lebanon
Kurdish women in Beirut
Total population
75,000 - 100,000[1]
70,000 (estimate 2020)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Beirut
Languages
Arabic and Kurmanji Kurdish
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kurds

Kurds in Lebanon are people born in or residing in Lebanon who are of full or partial Kurdish origin. Estimates on the number of Kurds in Lebanon prior to 1985 were around 60,000.[3] Today, there are tens of thousands of Kurds in Lebanon, mainly in Beirut[4] and hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who are of Kurdish origin but assimiliated with the locals and consider Arabic to be their mother tongue.

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  4. ^ Historical Dictionary of Lebanon - Page 125 by Asʻad AbuKhalil