Khakas

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Khakas

Хакас
Top: Khakas ethnic flag Bottom: Khakas in Khakassia and neighboring areas
Total population
80,000 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Russia (primarily Khakassia)
Russia  Khakassia: 63,643  Krasnoyarsk Krai: 4,102  Tuva: 877  Tomsk Oblast: 664  Kemerovo Oblast: 451  Novosibirsk Oblast: 401  Irkutsk Oblast: 298	72,959[1]
Ukraine	162[2]
China (Heilongjiang)	About 1,500
Languages
Khakas, Russian
Religion
Predominantly Orthodox Christianity (Russian Orthodoxy) Also shamanism (Tengrism)
Related ethnic groups
Chulyms, Kumandins, Siberian Tatars, Shors, Teleuts, Tofalar, Tuvans, Dukha, Soyot, Fuyu Kyrgyz, Kyrgyz

The Khakas^[a][b] are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language.

The Khakhassian people are direct descendants of various ancient cultures that have inhabited southern Siberia, including the Andronovo culture, Samoyedic peoples, the Tagar culture, and the Yenisei Kyrgyz culture.^[3][4][5]

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