Moroccans in Germany
Part of the Moroccan diaspora
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Moroccans in Germany (Arabic: المغاربة في ألمانيا) are residents of Germany who are of Moroccan descent. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, as of 2018, there are total 76,200 Moroccan residents living in Germany without German citizenship. Of those, 505 individuals were granted asylum status.[2] Nowadays, most Moroccan-Germans have German and Moroccan citizenship.[3][4]
Distribution of Moroccan citizens in Germany (2021) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 130,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region (especially Düsseldorf Frankfurt & Offenbach, Wiesbaden, Mainz, etc.), Düsseldorf surrounding areas, Dortmund, Cologne, Bonn, Essen, Nürnberg, Bielefeld, Berlin, Duisburg, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Wuppertal, | |
| Languages | |
| German and Moroccan Arabic / (mostly) Berber languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Berbers, Algerians, Tunisians |
In Germany, especially in the Rhine-Main area, many persons of Moroccan descent have roots in the province Nador.[5][6][7]
Among the Moroccan community in Germany, there is also a small, significant minority of people of Spanish-Moroccan origin.[8]
