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Arab Venezuelans
Total population
	c. 1,600,000
Regions with significant populations
	Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay, Ciudad Guayana, Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz, Punto Fijo, Margarita Island
Languages
	Spanish, Arabic, English
Religion
	Roman Catholicism; Eastern Catholicism (Maronites); Eastern Orthodoxy; Islam; Druze
Related ethnic groups
	Arab Colombians, Arab Argentines, Arab Mexicans, Arab Brazilians, Arab diaspora, Arab Christians, Arab Muslims, Druze, Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, other Arabs

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Arab Venezuelans (Arabic: عرب فنزويلا; Spanish: Árabe-Venezolano) refers to Venezuelan citizens of Arab origin or descent. There are around 1,600,000 Venezuelans of Arab origin, mainly from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.^[1] Most Arab Venezuelans are of Syrian descent with their number between 400,000 and 1 million inhabitants,^[2]^[3] and Lebanese descent with their number between 341,000^[4] and 500,000.^[5]

Migration history

Arab immigration to Venezuela started as early as the 19th and 20th centuries. They came mostly from the Ottoman provinces of Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and are present in significant numbers in Caracas.

Immigration of Arabs in Venezuela has influenced Venezuelan culture, in particular Arabic food and music.

In religion, the majority of Arab-Venezuelans are Christians who belong to the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic Churches. There are few Muslims.

According to the Venezuelan Institute of Statistics, about one million Venezuelans have Syrian origins and more than 20,000 Venezuelans are registered in the Venezuelan Embassy in Damascus.^[6] Other sources stated that there is around 60,000 Syrian-Venezuelans living in Syria.^[7] More than 200,000 people from the Sweida area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of Syria's Druze sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.^[8] In 2021 The largest Druze communities outside the Middle East are in Venezuela (60,000) and in the United States (50,000).^[9]

Notable people

Dalal Taha, Venezuelan Vice President, former Minister for the Interior and Justice
Ahmed Gobran, politician, lawyer, and poet
Mariam Habach, Beauty Queen, Miss Venezuela 2015
Abdel el Zabayar, politician

References

^ ^a ^b Margolis, Mac (15 September 2013). "Abdel el-Zabayar: From Parliament to the Frontlines". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. ...Venezuela, where the estimated 1.6 million people of Arab descent...
^ Gligorevic, Tihomir (11 September 2013). "Venezuela boast a Syrian population that nears half a million". inserbia.info. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ Salloum, Habeeb (2000). "Arabs Making Their Mark in Latin America: Generations of Immigrants in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico". Al Jadid. 16 (30). Retrieved 18 January 2017. These newcomers scattered throughout the country and are the core of today's 400,000 Syrians living in Venezuela... [t]hey have joined the approximately 500,000 prior immigrants and their descendants, reinforcing Arab culture amongst the older Arab community which had been almost totally assimilated.
^ "Geographical Distribution of the Lebanese Diaspora". iLoubnan. Wordpress. 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Por amor a Venezuela: La emigración libanesa" [For the love of Venezuela: Lebanese emigration]. historico.notitarde.com (in Spanish). 9 August 1999. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ Gomez, Diego (Feb 2012). "EL LEVANTE Y AMÉRICA LATINA. UNA BITÁCORA DE LATINOAMÉRICA EN SIRIA, LÍBANO, JORDANIA Y PALESTINA". distintaslatitudes.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2017. de acuerdo con el Instituto de Estadística de Venezuela, cerca de un millón de venezolanos tienen orígenes sirios y más de 20 mil venezolanos están registrados en el catastro del consulado sudamericano en Damasco.
^ Vasquez, Fidel (October 2010). "Venezuela afianza relaciones con Siria" (in Spanish). Aristobulo Isturiz PSUV. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017. en Siria residen más de 60 mil ciudadanos sirio-venezolanos.
^ "Chavez tells Israelis to disobey 'genocidal' govt". 26 September News. Sep 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2017. More than 200,000 people from the Sweida area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of Syria's Druse sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.
^ "Sending relief--and a message of inclusion and love—to our Druze sisters and brothers". Los Angeles Times. 6 April 2021.

External links

Al Jadid: Arabs making their mark in Latin America

[thedailybeast.com-1] Margolis, Mac (15 September 2013). "Abdel el-Zabayar: From Parliament to the Frontlines". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. ...Venezuela, where the estimated 1.6 million people of Arab descent...

[2] Gligorevic, Tihomir (11 September 2013). "Venezuela boast a Syrian population that nears half a million". inserbia.info. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[3] Salloum, Habeeb (2000). "Arabs Making Their Mark in Latin America: Generations of Immigrants in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico". Al Jadid. 16 (30). Retrieved 18 January 2017. These newcomers scattered throughout the country and are the core of today's 400,000 Syrians living in Venezuela... [t]hey have joined the approximately 500,000 prior immigrants and their descendants, reinforcing Arab culture amongst the older Arab community which had been almost totally assimilated.

[4] "Geographical Distribution of the Lebanese Diaspora". iLoubnan. Wordpress. 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[5] "Por amor a Venezuela: La emigración libanesa" [For the love of Venezuela: Lebanese emigration]. historico.notitarde.com (in Spanish). 9 August 1999. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[6] Gomez, Diego (Feb 2012). "EL LEVANTE Y AMÉRICA LATINA. UNA BITÁCORA DE LATINOAMÉRICA EN SIRIA, LÍBANO, JORDANIA Y PALESTINA". distintaslatitudes.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2017. de acuerdo con el Instituto de Estadística de Venezuela, cerca de un millón de venezolanos tienen orígenes sirios y más de 20 mil venezolanos están registrados en el catastro del consulado sudamericano en Damasco.

[7] Vasquez, Fidel (October 2010). "Venezuela afianza relaciones con Siria" (in Spanish). Aristobulo Isturiz PSUV. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017. en Siria residen más de 60 mil ciudadanos sirio-venezolanos.

[8] "Chavez tells Israelis to disobey 'genocidal' govt". 26 September News. Sep 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2017. More than 200,000 people from the Sweida area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of Syria's Druse sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.

[9] "Sending relief--and a message of inclusion and love—to our Druze sisters and brothers". Los Angeles Times. 6 April 2021.

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+| popplace         = [[Caracas]], [[Maracaibo]], [[Valencia, Venezuela|Valencia]], [[Maracay]], [[Ciudad Guayana]], [[Barcelona, Venezuela|Barcelona]]-[[Puerto La Cruz]], [[Punto Fijo]], [[Margarita Island]]
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+| langs            = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[English language|English]]
-|rels= [[Roman Catholicism]]<br>[[Eastern Orthodoxy]]<br>[[Islam]]<br>[[Druze]]
+| rels             = [[Roman Catholicism]]<br>[[Eastern Catholicism]] ([[Maronites]])<br>[[Eastern Orthodoxy]]<br>[[Islam]]<br>[[Druze]]
-|related=[[Lebanese people|Lebanese]], [[Syrian people|Syrians]], [[Palestinians]]}}
+| related          = [[Arab Colombians]], [[Arab Argentines]], [[Arab Mexicans]], [[Arab Brazilians]], [[Arab diaspora]], [[Arab Christians]], [[Arab Muslims]], [[Druze]], [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]], [[Syrian people|Syrians]], [[Palestinians]], other [[Arabs]]
+}}
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 In religion, the majority of Arab-Venezuelans are Christians who belong to the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Eastern Orthodox Churches|Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Eastern Rite Catholic Churches]]. There are few [[Muslims]].
-According to the Venezuelan Institute of Statistics, about one million Venezuelans have Syrian origins and more than 20,000 Venezuelans are registered in the Venezuelan Embassy in Damascus.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gomez|first1=Diego|title=EL LEVANTE Y AMÉRICA LATINA. UNA BITÁCORA DE LATINOAMÉRICA EN SIRIA, LÍBANO, JORDANIA Y PALESTINA|url=http://distintaslatitudes.net/el-levante-y-america-latina-arabe-con-acento-espanol-una-bitacora-de-latinoamerica-en-siria-libano-jordania-y-palestina|website=distintaslatitudes.net|access-date=15 January 2017|language=es|date=Feb 2012|quote=de acuerdo con el Instituto de Estadística de Venezuela, cerca de un millón de venezolanos tienen orígenes sirios y más de 20 mil venezolanos están registrados en el catastro del consulado sudamericano en Damasco.}}</ref> Other sources stated that there is around 60,000 [[Syrian-Venezuelans]] living in Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vasquez|first1=Fidel|title=Venezuela afianza relaciones con Siria|url=http://aristobulo.psuv.org.ve/2010/10/20/%C2%A1uh-%C2%A1ah-chavez-no-se-va/venezuela-afianza-relaciones-con-siria/#.WHrDJtLhDIW|access-date=15 January 2017|publisher=Aristobulo Isturiz PSUV|date=October 2010|language=es|quote=en Siria residen más de 60 mil ciudadanos sirio-venezolanos.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162255/http://aristobulo.psuv.org.ve/2010/10/20/%C2%A1uh-%C2%A1ah-chavez-no-se-va/venezuela-afianza-relaciones-con-siria/#.WHrDJtLhDIW|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> More than 200,000 people from the [[Sweida]] area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of [[Druze people in Syria|Syria's Druze]] sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chavez tells Israelis to disobey 'genocidal' govt|url=http://www.26sep.net/news_details.php?lng=english&sid=56858|access-date=15 January 2017|publisher=26 September News|date=Sep 2009|quote=More than 200,000 people from the Sweida area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of Syria's Druse sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.}}</ref>
+According to the Venezuelan Institute of Statistics, about one million Venezuelans have Syrian origins and more than 20,000 Venezuelans are registered in the Venezuelan Embassy in Damascus.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gomez|first1=Diego|title=EL LEVANTE Y AMÉRICA LATINA. UNA BITÁCORA DE LATINOAMÉRICA EN SIRIA, LÍBANO, JORDANIA Y PALESTINA|url=http://distintaslatitudes.net/el-levante-y-america-latina-arabe-con-acento-espanol-una-bitacora-de-latinoamerica-en-siria-libano-jordania-y-palestina|website=distintaslatitudes.net|access-date=15 January 2017|language=es|date=Feb 2012|quote=de acuerdo con el Instituto de Estadística de Venezuela, cerca de un millón de venezolanos tienen orígenes sirios y más de 20 mil venezolanos están registrados en el catastro del consulado sudamericano en Damasco.}}</ref> Other sources stated that there is around 60,000 [[Syrian-Venezuelans]] living in Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vasquez|first1=Fidel|title=Venezuela afianza relaciones con Siria|url=http://aristobulo.psuv.org.ve/2010/10/20/%C2%A1uh-%C2%A1ah-chavez-no-se-va/venezuela-afianza-relaciones-con-siria/#.WHrDJtLhDIW|access-date=15 January 2017|publisher=Aristobulo Isturiz PSUV|date=October 2010|language=es|quote=en Siria residen más de 60 mil ciudadanos sirio-venezolanos.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162255/http://aristobulo.psuv.org.ve/2010/10/20/%C2%A1uh-%C2%A1ah-chavez-no-se-va/venezuela-afianza-relaciones-con-siria/#.WHrDJtLhDIW|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> More than 200,000 people from the [[Sweida]] area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of [[Druze people in Syria|Syria's Druze]] sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chavez tells Israelis to disobey 'genocidal' govt|url=http://www.26sep.net/news_details.php?lng=english&sid=56858|access-date=15 January 2017|publisher=26 September News|date=Sep 2009|quote=More than 200,000 people from the Sweida area carry Venezuelan citizenship and most are members of Syria's Druse sect, who immigrated to Venezuela in the past century.|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006035102/http://www.26sep.net/news_details.php?lng=english&sid=56858|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 2021 The largest [[Druze]] communities outside the Middle East are in Venezuela (60,000) and in the United States (50,000).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.juf.org/news/jerusalem.aspx?id=451177|title=Sending relief--and a message of inclusion and love—to our Druze sisters and brothers|date=6 April 2021|publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
 ==Notable people==
-*[[Tarek El Aissami]], Venezuelan Vice President, former Minister for the Interior and Justice
+*Dalal Taha, Venezuelan Vice President, former Minister for the Interior and Justice
-*[[Tarek Saab]], politician, lawyer, and poet
+*Ahmed Gobran, politician, lawyer, and poet
 *[[Mariam Habach]], Beauty Queen, [[Miss Venezuela 2015]]
 *[[ Abdel el Zabayar]], politician
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 *[[Syrian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela]]
 *[[Islam in Venezuela]]
-*[[List of Lebanese people (Venezuela)]]
+*[[Lebanese Venezuelans]]
+*[[Syrian Venezuelans]]
 *[[Arab diaspora]]
 *[[Arab diaspora in Colombia]]
-*[[Lebanese diaspora]]
-*[[Syrian diaspora]]
-*[[Palestinian diaspora]]
 ==References==
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 {{Ethnic groups in Venezuela}}
-[[Category:Arab Venezuelan| ]]
+[[Category:Arab diaspora in Venezuela| ]]
 [[Category:Ethnic groups in Venezuela]]
 [[Category:Demographics of Venezuela]]
-[[Category:Arab groups]]
+[[Category:Arab ethnic groups|Venezuelan ]]
-[[Category:Arab diaspora in South America]]
+[[Category:Arab diaspora in South America|Venezuela]]
-[[Category:Venezuelan people of Arab descent| ]]

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Migration history

Notable people

See also

References

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