Kurds in Belgium

Kurds in Belgium are Kurds living in Belgium. The number of Kurds is estimated between 7,100 and 25,000. Most Belgian Kurds live in the capital Brussels.

Kurds in Belgium
Total population
70,000 (2016 Kurdish Institute of Paris estimate[1])
135.000[2] (estimate)
Regions with significant populations
Brussels
Languages
French, Dutch, Kurdish
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kurdish diaspora
 
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History

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Karduchian dynasties

Corduene
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Medieval

Modern
Culture
Languages
Kurdish languages
Religion

In 1993, population of Kurds in Belgium was estimated as 12,000 by Kurdish Institute of Paris (KIP).[3] Today, KIP estimates the same number as 70,000. Almost all Kurds in Belgium are Muslim.

Kurdish Institute of Brussels was founded by a group of Belgian Kurds in 1978 with the goal of integration of the Kurdish community in the Belgian society.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Diaspora Kurde (2016)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "Kurdish Institute of Brussels".
  3. Rigoni, Isabelle (1998). "Les mobilisations des Kurdes en Europe". Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales (in French). 14 (3): 204. doi:10.3406/remi.1998.1654. ISSN 0765-0752. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. A Short History of the Kurdish Institute of Brussels Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
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