Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan
| Total population | |
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| 85,292 (Census 2009)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Astana • Almaty • Merki | |
| Languages | |
| Azerbaijani • Kazakh • Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominately Shia Islam, with Christian minority[2] |
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Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan (Template:Lang-az) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Kazakh citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. According to the 2009 census, there were 85,292 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Kazakhstan;[1] Azerbaijanis comprised 0.5% of Kazakhstan's population and were the country's tenth-largest ethnic minority.[1] Most Azerbaijani-Kazakhs have immigrated to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Azerbaijan; a small group of Iranian Azerbaijanis trapped by the Bolshevik taking of power in 1918 were also forced into Kazakhstan in 1938.[3][4][5]
According to 2009 national census 94.8% of Azerbaijanis Kazakhstanis identify as Muslims, and 2.5% as Christians and 1.8% as Atheists.[6]
| Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan according to official censuses | |||||||
| Census | Azerbaijanis | % of Kazakh population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 12,996[7] | 0.2% | |||||
| 1959 | 38,362[8] | 0.4% | |||||
| 1970 | 56,166[9] | 0.4% | |||||
| 1979 | 73,345[10] | 0.5% | |||||
| 1989 | 90,083[11] | 0.5% | |||||
| 1999 | 78,325[12] | 0.5% | |||||
| 2009 | 85,292[12] | 0.5% | |||||
See also
References
- ^ a b c Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan Archived March 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (2009 census) . Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Итоги национальной переписи населения 2009 года. Национальный состав, вероисповедание и владения языками в Республике Казахстан[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/304222
- ^ http://www.hawzah.net/fa/magazine/magart/0/4194/26561
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Итоги национальной переписи населения 2009 года. Национальный состав, вероисповедание и владения языками в Республике Казахстан[permanent dead link]
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ a b Агентство РК по статистике. "ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН 2009 ГОДА" (PDF). p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
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