Evenks

Evenks
Эвэнкил
An Evenk family in the early 1900s
Total population
c. 69,856[1][2][3][4]
Regions with significant populations
 Russia

 Evenkia

39,226[1]
China30,875[2]
 Mongolia537[3]
 Ukraine48[4]
Languages
Evenki, Yakut, Russian, Chinese
Religion
Shamanism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism[5][6][7]
Related ethnic groups
Evens, Oroqens, Oroch
Settlement of Evenks in the Siberian Federal District by urban and rural settlements in%, 2010 census
Settlement of Evenks in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in%, 2010 census

The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym Ewenkī(l))[note 1] are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognised as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 38,396 (2010 census). In China, the Evenki form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of 30,875 (2010 census).[2] There are 537 Evenks in Mongolia (2015 census), called Khamnigan in the Mongolian language.[3]

  1. ^ a b Ethnic groups in Russia Archived 2021-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 census, Rosstat. Retrieved 15 February 2012 (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b c "Evenk Archives - Intercontinental Cry". Intercontinental Cry. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. ^ a b c "2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING BY-CENSUS OF MONGOLIA: NATIONAL REPORT". National Statistics Office of Mongolia. 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b "About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001". Ukraine Census 2001. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Ewenki, Solon" (PDF). Asiaharvest.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Ewenki, Tungus" (PDF). Asiaharvest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. ^ Шубин А. Ц. Краткий очерк этнической истории эвенков Забайкалья (XVIII-XX век). Улан-Удэ: Бурят. кн. изд-во, 1973. С. 64, 65 (in Russian)


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