Kurds in Belgium are Kurds living in Belgium. The number of Kurds is estimated between 7,100 and 25,000. Most Belgian Kurds live in the capital Brussels.
Total population | |
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70,000 (2016 Kurdish Institute of Paris estimate[1]) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brussels | |
Languages | |
Dutch, French and Kurdish | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kurdish diaspora |
In 1993, population of Kurds in Belgium was estimated as 12,000 by Kurdish Institute of Paris (KIP).[2] Today, KIP estimates the same number as 70,000. Almost all Kurds in Belgium are Muslim.
Kurdish Institute of Brussels was founded by a group of Belgian Kurds in 1978 with the goal of integration of the Kurdish community in the Belgian society.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Diaspora Kurde (2016)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Rigoni, Isabelle (1998). "Les mobilisations des Kurdes en Europe". Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales (in French). 14 (3): 204. doi:10.3406/remi.1998.1654. ISSN 0765-0752. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ A Short History of the Kurdish Institute of Brussels Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine