Nigerian people in Italy
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| Total population | |||||||
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| 71.158 (ISTAT: 2014) | |||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||
 Veneto · Emilia-Romagna ·  Lombardy | |||||||
| Languages | |||||||
| English · Italian · Niger–Congo languages | |||||||
| Religion | |||||||
| Protestantism · Catholic Church · Sunni Islam | |||||||
The presence of Nigerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.
Numbers
In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria. In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are: Turin, Rome and Padua.[1]
Nigerians in Italy
- Eddy Wata (1974), singer
- Emeka Jude Ugali (1982), footballer
- Stephen Makinwa (1983), footballer
- Osarimen Giulio Ebagua (1986), footballer
- Angelo Ogbonna (1988), footballer
- Victor Osimhen (1998), footballer
- Stefano Okaka (1989), footballer
- Stefania Okaka (1989), volleyball player
- Joel Obi (1991), footballer
- Nicolao Dumitru (1991), footballer
- Paola Egonu (1998), volleyball player
See also
References
Notes
- ^ "Comuni Italiani". Comuni (in Italian). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.