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Yugurs
Turko-Mongolic ethnic group living in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Yugu" redirects here. For the village in Pakistan, see Yugo, Baltistan.
Not to be confused with Uyghurs.
The Yugurs, Yughurs, Yugu (Chinese: 裕固族; pinyin: Yùgùzú; Western Yugur: Sarïg Yogïr; Eastern Yugur: Šera Yogor), traditionally known as Yellow Uyghurs,[1] are a Turkic-Mongolic ethnic group and one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, consisting of 16,719 persons, according to the 2000 census.[2] The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gansu. They are mostly Tibetan Buddhists.[3][4] The majority of Yugurs speak a Turkic language, while Mongolic and Chinese are also used in eastern provinces.
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![]() A Yugur family in Lanzhou, Gansu, 1944 | |
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18,000 (est.) | |
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Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Gansu, China | |
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Western Yugur, Eastern Yugur | |
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