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. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
History
editSyrians have immigrated to Brazil from the Ottoman Empire 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]
Notable people
edit- Joseph Safra, banker who was Brazil’s richest man and the richest banker in the world.
- Moise Safra, billionaire businessman; co-founder of Banco Safra.
- Edmond Safra, billionaire banker
- Alberto J. Safra, billionaire businessman
- Eli Horn, billionaire businessman; founder of Cyrela Brazil Realty, the largest homebuilder and real estate company by revenue and market value in Brazil.
- Alexandre Kalil, politician; he served as mayor of Belo Horizonte, and as president of the football club Clube Atlético Mineiro.
- Romeu Tuma, former director of the Federal Police of Brazil.
- Tirone E. David, cardiac surgeon, known for his 2007 development of the "David Operation".
- Adriana Lima, Brazilian model, who has partly Syrian ancestry according to her Ancestry DNA test.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affaires".
- ^ "Syrian Arabic Republic". Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Jonathan, Jonathan (11 March 2015). "A long way from home: Syrians find unlikely refuge in Brazil". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Brazil is home to 15 million people of Arabic descent, including 3 million of Syrian heritage
- ^ Menezes, Ana Raquel Torres (2020). "Syrian refugees in Brazil: Labor Integration in the Absence of Specific Public Policies and the Role of Civil Society Organizations". Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. 48 (1). Uberlândia: Federal University of Uberlândia: 113–133. doi:10.14393/RFADIR-v48n1a2020-50515. ISSN 2178-0498. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Petrucceli, José Luis; Saboia, Ana Lucia (2013). "Características Étnico-raciais da População: Classificações e Identidades" [Ethnic-racial Characteristics of the Population: Classifications and Identities] (PDF). Estudos & Análises: Informação Demográfica e Socioeconômica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics: 53. ISBN 978-85-240-4244-7. ISSN 2236-5265. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
descendentes e os asiáticos – japoneses, chineses, coreanos, libaneses, sírios, entre outros
- ^ Características Étnico-raciais da População: Um Estudo das Categorias de Classificação de Cor ou Raça 2008 [Ethnic-racial Characteristics of the Population: A Study of Color or Race Classification Categories 2008] (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. 2011. ISBN 978-85-240-4200-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013.
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