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Аԥсуаа | |
|---|---|
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Former Soviet Union | |
 Abkhazia[1] | 127,404 (2018 census)[2] |
 Russia | 11,366 (2002 census)[3] |
 Georgia | 3,527 (2008)[4] |
 Ukraine | 1,458 (2001)[5] |
 Latvia | 22 - 29 (2021)[6] [7] |
| Diaspora | |
 Turkey | 39,000 - 600,000[8][9][10][11][12] |
 Syria | c. 10,000[13] |
| Languages | |
| Abkhaz (native), Russian, Georgian, Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Sunni Islam with significant Abkhazian Orthodox Christianity (especially in Abkhazia) and Abkhaz native faith minority | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Abazins, Circassians | |
The Abkhazians or Abkhazes[a] are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. A large Abkhaz diaspora population resides in Turkey, the origins of which lie in the Caucasian War in the late 19th century. Many Abkhaz also live in other parts of the former Soviet Union, particularly in Russia and Ukraine.[14]
- ^ The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
- ^ Census statistics (in Russian)
- ^ Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года - 1. Национальный состав населения [All-Russia Population Census of 2002 - 1. The national composition of the population] (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. 2004. Archived from the original (XLS) on 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Turkish Abkhazians enjoying independence of their far away country". Abkhaz World | History, Culture & Politics of Abkhazia.
- ^ "All-Ukrainian population census 2001 - The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue". State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
- ^ "Population by ethnicity at the beginning of year – Time period and Ethnicity | National Statistical System of Latvia". data.stat.gov.lv.
- ^ Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības, 01.01.2023. - PMLP
- ^ Abkhaz. Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version
- ^ (2009) Abkhazia Seeking Turkish Recognition of Independence Archived 9 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (2009) ABKHAZIA’S DIASPORA: DREAMING OF HOME Archived 2017-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chirikba 2003 p8
- ^ "Turkish Abkhazians enjoying independence of their far away country".
- ^ "Abkhaz Syrians return home". Voice of Russia. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "The journey of Frédéric Dubois de Montpéreux in the Caucasus, to the Cherkhesians and Abkhazians, in Colchida, in Georgia, in Armenia and Crimea". silk.european-heritage.net. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006.
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