Population
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The Maronite population is estimated to be about 3 million, according to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Originating in the northern Levant, it has largely dispersed into diaspora over the last two centuries, now having large communities in the Americas. Significant Maronite communities still reside in the Middle East – most notably in Lebanon and Syria and to a lesser degree in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Egypt.
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