Population
There are between 600 and 650 families in Karamlish. The vast majority of the population is ethnically Assyrian (also known as Chaldean and Syriacs). Historically, the population was mostly part of the Church of the East; however, many converted to Catholicism from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Today, the inhabitants of Karamlish are mainly members of the Chaldean Catholic Church, but there are also members of the Syriac Orthodox Church and Assyrian Church of the East.
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