Uigher
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 China(Xinjiang) |
11,303,355 15,000,000+ (Uyghur American Association) |
 Kazakhstan
|
223,100 (2009) |
 Uzbekistan
|
55,220 (2008) |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
49,000 (2009) |
 Turkey
|
45,800 (2010) |
 Saudi Arabia
|
~50,000 (2013) (Saudi Labor Ministry) |
 Syria
|
~3,500 (2015) (mainly Salafist jihadi terrorists and their families in Zanbaqi (الزنبقي) in Jisr al-Shughur) |
 Pakistan
|
~1,000 families (2010) (Uyghurs in Pakistan) |
 Russia
|
3,696 (2010) |
 Canada
|
~1,555 (2016) |
 Ukraine
|
197 (2001) |
| Languages | |
| Uyghur | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Uzbeks, other Turkic peoples, | |
The Uyghurs (/ˈwiːɡʊərz/,/uːiˈɡʊərz/) or Uygurs (as the standard romanisation in Chinese GB 3304-1991) are a Turkic ethnic group who live in East and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, where they are one of 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities. Uyghurs primarily practice Islam. Like many populations of Central Eurasia, they are genetically related to both Caucasoid and East Asian populations.
An estimated 80% of Xinjiang's Uyghurs live in the southwestern portion of the region, the Tarim Basin. Outside Xinjiang, the largest community of Uyghurs in China is in Taoyuan County, in south-central Hunan. Outside of China, according to the World Uyghur Congress, the Uyghur population is believed to number 1-1.6 million. Significant diasporic communities of Uyghurs exist in the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, and in Turkey. Smaller communities are found in Afghanistan, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
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