Italian Somalis
Postcard of Downtown Mogadishu in 1936. At the centre is the Catholic Cathedral, similar to that of Cefalù in Sicily and now destroyed. Near the Cathedral, the Arch monument is to commemorate King Umberto I of Italy. | |
| Total population | |
| 50,000 (Italian Somaliland, 1940 5% of the population) 6,700 in 2023 (including Italian nationals and descendants). | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mogadishu, Merca, Janale and Kismayo | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Somali, Italo-Somali Pidgin | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic, Islam, Irreligion. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Eritreans, Italian Ethiopians, Italian Libyans, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian South Africans, Italian Tunisians, Italian Zimbabweans |
Italian Somalis (Italian: Italo-somali) are Somali-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Somalia during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Somalia. Most of the Italians moved to Somalia during the Italian colonial period.