Arab Venezuelans
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Arab Venezuelans (Arabic: عرب فنزويلا; Spanish: Árabe-Venezolano) refers to Venezuelan citizens of Arab origin or descent. There are around 1,600,000 Venezuelans of Arab origin, mainly from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.[1] Most Arab Venezuelans are of Syrian descent with their number between 400,000 and 1 million inhabitants,[2][3] and Lebanese descent with their number between 341,000[4] and 500,000.[5]
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Total population | |
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c. 1,600,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay, Ciudad Guayana, Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz, Punto Fijo, Margarita Island | |
Languages | |
Spanish, Arabic, English | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism Eastern Catholicism (Maronites) Eastern Orthodoxy Islam Druze | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Arab Colombians, Arab Argentines, Arab Mexicans, Arab Brazilians, Arab diaspora, Arab Christians, Arab Muslims, Druze, Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, other Arabs |
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