Italian Eritreans
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara, built by the Italians in 1923 and now meeting place of the remaining Eritrean Italians | |
| Total population | |
| 100,000 descendants in 2008
1,100 in 2024 (Italian nationals). | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Asmara, Massawa and Keren | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Tigrinya | |
| Religion | |
| Christian, mostly Roman Catholic, minority of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Ethiopians, Italian Libyans, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian Somalis, Italian South Africans, Italian Tunisians, Italian Zimbabweans |
Italian Eritreans (or Eritrean Italians, Italian: Italo-eritrei) are Eritrean-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Eritrea during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Eritrea.