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DescriptionEurope religion map (1950).png	English: Map of religions in Europe. Legend: Catholic Christianity Protestant Christianity Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Christianity Sunni Islam Shia Islam Tibetan Buddhism Judaism The map shows Predominant religious confession by country based on assumptions as facts are not Available or have been ignored. Countries currently with irreligious majorities ((Netherlands, Czech Republic, Estonia, East Germany) are not shown as such. Areas were catholics outnumber protestants (Aberdeen) (refer 2011 census outcomes) in Scotland, (Liverpool) in England are not shown as such. Areas were orthodox outnumber protestants are not shown as such. This map relects the 1950-ish situation. For a few countries subnational entities havd been considered : Russia: Tatarstan, North Caucasus, Kalmykia, see w:Islam in Russia, File:Islam in Russia.png, w:Buddhism in Kalmykia Ukraine: ethnic Poles in western Ukraine, see Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Romania: Hungarian minority in Transylvania, see w:Religion in Romania, w:File:ROreligion.png Hungary: Protestant minority concentrated in the Debrecen region, see w:Religion in Hungary Latvia: Catholic minority concentrated in the Latgalia region, see w:Religion in Latvia Bulgaria: w:Bulgarian Muslims in southern Bulgaria, and Muslim majority in w:Razgrad Province, see also w:Religion in Bulgaria Former Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniak and Catholic minorities, see w:Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, w:Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnic Albanian Muslim majority in Kosovo and adjacient parts of Central Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, see w:Albanians in Montenegro, w:Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia, w:Albanians in Central Serbia Serbs (Orthodox) in Kosovo, see File:Religious_map_of_Kosovo_2011.GIF. Serbs (Orthodox) in Croatia, see File:Census_2011.png Albania: Catholic majorities in Shkodër and Lezhë, see w:Roman Catholicism in Albania. Historical(?) Orthodox majority in southern Albania, see w:Orthodoxy in Albania. Germany: predominant confession situation for the year 1618 File:HolyRomanEmpire 1618.png recent census 2011 results have been ignored Switzerland: predominant confession by canton, see w:Religion in Switzerland, File:Karte Religionen der Schweiz 2008.png Northern Ireland: Protestant majority in the east, see w:Religion in Northern Ireland, File:Irland protestants 1861-1991.gif parts of Asia shown on map: Iran: Sunni Islam in Iranian Kurdistan, see File:Iran ethnoreligious distribution 2004.jpg Iraq: Sunni majorities in Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iraq (not shown: slight Christian majorities in the counties of Tel Kaif and Al-Hamdaniya). See w:Religion in Iraq Syria: Shia Alawis along the coast in Latakia province, Druze communities in southwestern Syria Lebanon: Shia/Sunni/Christian distribution, see w:Religion in Lebanon Armenia/Azerbaijan: Armenian Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh, Islam in Nakhchivan
Date	26 March 2006
Source	Own map, based on the Generic Mapping Tools and ETOPO2
Author	San Jose
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ETOPO2 (topography/bathymetry): http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html
GLOBE (topography): http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/gltiles.html
SRTM (topography): http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/

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current	21:28, 28 February 2022	1,473 × 1,198 (878 KB)	Multituberculata (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 18:34, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
	16:34, 13 April 2021	1,475 × 1,200 (536 KB)	Seymur06 (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 11:20, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
	18:34, 19 June 2017	1,473 × 1,198 (878 KB)	Gartok (talk \| contribs)	Fix
	02:45, 19 August 2015	1,473 × 1,198 (988 KB)	Zoupan (talk \| contribs)	updated Croatia and Kosovo
	15:06, 3 April 2015	1,473 × 1,198 (875 KB)	Ras67 (talk \| contribs)	Armenian Apostolic Church separated in a brighter red, black frame removed
	03:28, 22 October 2014	1,475 × 1,200 (1.13 MB)	Abrahamic Faiths (talk \| contribs)	add Catholic Polish regions of Belarus
	08:57, 12 June 2008	1,475 × 1,200 (558 KB)	San Jose (talk \| contribs)	update
	11:20, 28 October 2007	1,475 × 1,200 (536 KB)	San Jose (talk \| contribs)	update
	21:13, 21 January 2007	1,475 × 1,200 (570 KB)	San Jose (talk \| contribs)	update
	12:35, 5 June 2006	1,475 × 1,200 (643 KB)	San Jose (talk \| contribs)	updated and corrected