Shapsug
| шапсыгъ | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Israel
|
4,000 |
 Russia
|
3,882 |
| Languages | |
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Circassian language West Adyghe dialect Shapsug sub-dialect, Hakuchi sub-dialect, Russian, Arabic and Hebrew |
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| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Circassian tribes | |
The Shapsug (Adyghe: шапсыгъ [ʃaːpsəʁ], Russian: шапсуги, Turkish: Şapsığlar, Arabic: الشابسوغ, Hebrew: שפסוגים), also known as the Shapsugh, are one of the twelve tribes of the Circassian people. In Russia, the remaining Shapsug population mainly live in the Tuapsinsky District (Tuapse) of Krasnodar Krai, Lazarevsky City District of Sochi, and in the Republic of Adygea, which were a small part of historical Circassia. However, the major Shapsug communities are found in Turkey, Israel (Kfar Kama), Jordan (Amman, Naour, Marj Al-hamam, Wadi Al Seer), Iraq, Syria, Western Europe, and the United States of America. The first Circassians to settle in Amman were from the Shapsug tribe, and as a result the Shapsug's neighbourhood is considered the oldest neighbourhood in the Capital Amman and was the down town of it; however, other Circassians from the Kabardian, Abadzekh, and Bzhedug tribes also settled in Amman afterwards.
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