Arabs in Bulgaria

Arabs in Bulgaria
Араби в България

Bashar Rahal
Total population
10,000[1] - 17,000 [2]
Regions with significant populations
Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas
Languages
Arabic language Bulgarian language
Religion
Islam and Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Arab people, Arab diaspora, Arab American, Arab Argentine, Arab Brazilian, Arab Canadians, Arab Mexican

Arabs in Bulgaria are the people from Arab countries, particularly Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, and Iraq, who emigrated from their native nations and currently reside in Bulgaria. Most Arab Bulgarians are of Lebanese or Syrian origin. In the forty year history of this community, 10,000 Arabs have migrated to Bulgaria.^[1] According to other data from two teams of anthropologists and sociologists, the number of Arabs in Bulgaria who are legal residents and officially have work permits was 17,000 people in 2004. Approximately the same number of Arabs reside in Bulgaria without official status.^[2]

Notable people

• Nidal Algafari
• Hodor Fakih
• Ashraf Al Hajuj
• Aladin Harfan
• Dani Kiki
• Bashar Rahal
• Carla Rahal

See also

• Immigration to Bulgaria
• Demographics of Bulgaria
• Immigration to Europe
• Arabs in Europe
• Bulgarians in Lebanon
• List of countries by immigrant population
• List of Lebanese people (Bulgaria)
• Islam in Bulgaria

References

Bulgaria portal

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v t e Ethnic groups in Bulgaria according to 2001 census data, Ethnic Minorities in Bulgaria and Immigration to Bulgaria Bulgarians (6,655,210) · minorities: Turks (746,664) · Roma (370,908) · Russians (15,595) · Armenians (10,832) · Vlachs (10,566) · ethnic Macedonians (5,071) · Sarakatsani (4,107) · Greeks (3,408) · Ukrainians (2,489) Jews (1,363) · Romanians (1,088) · Germans (436) · Albanians (278)  · Czechs and Slovaks (350) · Arabs (c. 10,000) · Chinese (c. 10,000) · Vietnamese (c. 1,500) · Black Africans ·

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