Arabs in Spain
عرب إسبانيا Árabes en España | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 1,600,000–1,800,000[1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Andalusia, Ceuta, Melilla, the Community of Madrid, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Extremadura | |
| Languages | |
| Main languages: Arabic (MSA) and Spanish Other languages: Darija (Ceuta Arabic), Catalan, and others | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arab people, Arab diaspora, Arab American, Arab Argentine, Arab Brazilian, Arab Canadians, Arab Mexican |
There have been Arabs in Spain (Arabic: عرب إسبانيا; Spanish: Árabes en España) since the early 8th century when the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula created the state of Al-Andalus. In modern times there are expatriates from a range of Arab countries, particularly Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Mauritania, Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, and Iraq; and also small groups from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen. As a result of the Arab Spring (Libyan Civil War and Syrian Civil War), many have the status of refugees or illegal immigrants, trying to immigrate especially to France, Germany, Belgium, and Sweden. The Arab population in Spain is estimated to be between 1,600,000 and 1,800,000.[1][2][3]
Arabs in Ceuta
[edit]Ceuta's native Arabic-speaking Muslim community is a large minority there (about 40% of the total population).[4] They are long-time native inhabitants of the city of Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city on the African mainland. Their dialect is Ceuta Arabic which is related to Jebli Arabic from Moroccan Arabic.[5]
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[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Por: Miguel Ángel Medina (10 February 2014). "Los musulmanes son el 3,6% de la población en España (1,7 millones)". Miradas Árabes.
- 1 2 "Los musulmanes en España superan los 1,8 millones". Europa Press. March 30, 2015.
- 1 2 "La cifra de musulmanes en España alcanza los 1,6 millones, de los que casi un tercio viven en Cataluña – Alerta Digital". www.alertadigital.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ↑ Jaabouk, Mohammed (23 February 2021). "A local party asks Spain to recognize the Arabic of Ceuta as an official language". en.yabiladi.com. Yabiladi News. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ Moscoso García, Francisco (2015). "Arabic of Ceuta: A Marginalized Spanish Language". Estudios de Asia y África. 50 (2). Ciudad de México: Estudios Socioterritoriales: 395–423. ISSN 0185-0164.