Syrian Brazilians (Portuguese: Sírio-brasileiros) are Brazilian citizens of full, partial, or predominantly Syrian ancestry, or Syrian-born immigrants in Brazil.
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Syrian descendants in São Paulo.
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| Total population | |
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| 4 million (by descent).[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil (mainly Southeastern Brazil) | |
| Languages | |
| Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Greek Orthodox, minorities of Islam, Judaism. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Asian Brazilians and Arab Brazilians |
Syrians have immigrated to Brazil beginning in the 19th century, the population of Brazil of either full or partial Syrian descent is estimated by the Brazilian government to be around 3 or 4 million people.[2][3][4] Syrians, along with Lebanese and East Asian descendants, make up the majority of the Asian Brazilian community in the country.[5] According to research conducted by IBGE in 2008, 0.9% of White Brazilian respondents said they had familial origins from the Middle East, which equals less than 1 million people. They are mostly of Lebanese and Syrian descent.[6]
Brazil is home to 15 million people of Arabic descent, including 3 million of Syrian heritage
descendentes e os asiáticos – japoneses, chineses, coreanos, libaneses, sírios, entre outros
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