Iranian citizens abroad
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The term Iranian citizens abroad or "Iranian/Persian diaspora" refers to the Iranian people born in Iran but living outside of Iran and their children.
Over four million Iranians have emigrated to North America, Europe, Turkey and Australia, mostly after the Islamic revolution in 1979. In particular, the Los Angeles area is estimated to be host to approximately 500,000 Iranians, earning the Westwood area of LA the nickname Tehrangeles, a portmanteau of Tehran and the latter two phonemes of Los Angeles. Other metropolises that have large Iranian populations include Dubai with 300,000 resident Iranians, London with 100,000 Iranians, Toronto, Paris, Washington D.C., Stockholm, and Frankfurt. Their combined net worth is $1.3 trillion (2006 est.)[16].
Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted less than two billion dollars home in 2006.[17]
Note that this differs from the other Iranian peoples living in other areas of Greater Iran, who are of related ethnolinguistical family, speaking languages belonging to the Iranian languages which is a branch of Indo-European languages.
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[edit] Native speakers of Persian
- See also: Persian language
The number of native speakers of Persian in Iran is estimated at around 40 million, or 60% of the total population.[18] However in the wider context, Iranian languages and their various dialects (totaling an estimated 150-200 million speakers) exceed the Iranian borders and are spoken throughout western China, Central Asia, southern Russia, and eastern Turkey.[19]
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[edit] References
- ^ US demographic census. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- ^ THE IRANIAN: Iranian-American stats, Phyllis McIntosh
- ^ The Persian Diaspora, List of Persians and Farsi Speaking Peoples living outside of Iran, Worldwide Outreach to Persians, Outreach to Muslims around the Globe
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Persian Diaspora, List of Persians and Farsi Speaking Peoples living outside of Iran, Worldwide Outreach to Persians, Outreach to Muslims around the Globe
- ^ Travel Video Television News - Iranians investing heavily in Dubai
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:pes
- ^ 2006 Canadian Census
- ^ Persian World Outreach - Persian-speaking people outside of Iran
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:pes
- ^ Ethnologue 14 report for Bahrain
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:pes
- ^ 2054.0 Australian Census Analytic Program: Australians' Ancestries (2001 (Corrigendum))
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:pes
- ^ CIA - The World Factbook - Iran
- ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=12883
- ^ Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 02/14/07
- ^ Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 10/22/07
- ^ World Factbook, CIA. "Iran - People". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ SOAS: Other Iranian languages. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
