Kazakhs
The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs) are a Turkic speaking people who mainly live in the Ural Mountains and northern parts of Central and East Asia (most of them live in Kazakhstan, but also parts of Russia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China) in Eurasia. The Kazakhs emerged in the 15th century from an amalgam of Turkic tribes and of Mongol tribes.[2]
қазақтар
قازاقتار qazaqtar | |
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Total population | |
c. 16.5 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Kazakhstan 13,012,645 (2021)[1] |
Kazakhs Media
One of the first mentions about Kazakhs. Excerpt from Sigmund von Herberstein's "Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii, 1549
A Kazakh wedding ceremony in a mosque
Kazakhs in Xinjiang, China
References
- ↑ "Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Этнодемографический сборник Республики Казахстан 2014". Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ↑ "Kazakh | People, Religion, Language, & Culture | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-04.