Turkmen people

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Turkmen people
Turkmen man with camel.jpg
Turkmen man of Central Asia
Total population
c. 6 million[a]
Regions with significant populations
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan4,248,000[1]
Iran Iran1,328,585[2]
Afghanistan Afghanistan200,000[3]
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan152,000[4]
Pakistan Pakistan110,000[5]
Russia Russia46,885[6]
Tajikistan Tajikistan15,171[7]
Ukraine Ukraine7,709[8]
Turkmen language
Mostly Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Turkic peoples

Turkmens are one of the main Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, mainly in Turkmenistan, ethnic minorities in Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Turkmen language of the Turkic languages family.

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References[change | change source]

  1. "The World Factbook". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. "The World Factbook". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. "Ethnic Groups". Library of Congress Country Studies. 1997. Retrieved 2010-10-08. ^ Jump up to: a b
  4. Alisher Ilhamov (2002). Ethnic Atlas of Uzbekistan. Open Society Institute: Tashkent.
  5. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency" (PDF). www.unhcr.org.
  6. 2002 Russian census
  7. 2002 Tajikistani census (2010)