Uyghur people facts for kids
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| Regions with significant populations | |
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 China(Xinjiang) |
11,303,355 |
 Kazakhstan |
223,100 (2009) |
 Uzbekistan |
55,220 (2008) |
 Kyrgyzstan |
49,000 (2009) |
 Turkey (Uyghurs in Turkey) |
45,800 (2010) |
 Saudi Arabia |
~50,000 (2013) (Saudi Labor Ministry) |
 Syria |
~3,500 (2015) (Uyghur Turkistan Islamic Party members plus families in Zanbaqi (الزنبقي) in Jisr al-Shughur) |
 Pakistan(Uyghurs in Pakistan) |
~1,000 families (2010) |
 Russia |
3,696 (2010) |
 Ukraine |
197 (2001) |
| Languages | |
| Uyghur | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Uzbeks, other Turkic peoples and Tocharians | |
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The Uyghurs (wee-ger; 维吾尔人) are Chinese Turkic people living mainly in Xinjiang, China. Over 11 million Uyghurs live there, more than any other part of the world. Some Uyghurs seek independence from China.
Uyghurs also live in Beijing, Shanghai and Taoyuan County (Hunan, South-Central China). There are Uyghur diasporic communities in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Mongolia.
They are mainly Muslim and speak Uyghur, a Turkic language. They write in the Uyghur alphabet, which is based on the Arabic alphabet.
Uyghurs were originally from Mongolia and immigrated to Xinjiang during the 8th or 9th centuries AD. There they mixed with local Indo-European people.
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Images for kids
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A Uyghur girde naan baker
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Three Uyghur girls at a Sunday market in the oasis city Khotan
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Uyghur man in Kashgar
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Uyghur princes from Cave 9 of the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Xinjiang, China, 8th–9th century AD, wall painting
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An 8th-century Uyghur Khagan
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Uyghur Khaganate in geopolitical context c. 820 AD
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Chagatai Khanate (Moghulistan) in 1490
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Map showing the distribution of ethnicities in Xinjiang according to census figures from 2000, the prefectures with Uyghur majorities are in blue.
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A Uyghur mosque in Khotan
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Map of language families in Xinjiang
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Leaf from an Uyghur-Manichaean version of the ‘‘Arzhang’’.
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Uyghur Meshrep musicians in Yarkand
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Wall painting at Bezeklik caves in Flaming Mountains, Turpan Depression.
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Doppa Maker, traditional Uyghur hats, Kashgar
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See also
In Spanish: Etnia uigur para niños
