Italian settlers in Libya
Italian Libyans (Italian: Italo-libici) are Libyan-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Libya during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Libya. Most of the Italians moved to Libya during the Italian colonial period.
An image showing an Italian colonist couple in Libya | |
| Total population | |
| 119,139 (in 1939) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tripoli, Benghazi, Khoms | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Sicilian, other languages of Italy, Libyan Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, mostly Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Eritreans, Italian Ethiopians, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian Somalis, Italian South Africans, Italian Tunisians, Italian Zimbabweans |
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