Total population | |
---|---|
c. 4,000 (highest est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Russia | 630 (2021)[1] |
Languages | |
Hinuq, Avar, Russian | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tsez, Khwarshi, Avars and other Northeast Caucasian peoples |
The Hinukh (Hinukh: гьинухъес hinuqes, Avar: гьинухъесел, romanized: hinuqesel[2]) are a people of Dagestan living in 2 villages: Genukh, Tsuntinsky District - their 'parent village' and Novomonastyrskoe, Kizlyarsky District - where they settled later and live together with Avars and Dargins and also in the cities of Dagestan. They are being assimilated by the Caucasian Avars.[citation needed]