Tsakhur people

Tsakhur
йыхъбы (Yiqby), цIаIхбы
Tsakhur child from Qum, Azerbaijan
Total population
c. 30,000
Regions with significant populations
 Russia 12,796[1]
 Azerbaijan12,289[2]
 Ukraine83[3]
Languages
Tsakhur, Lezgian, Azerbaijani, Russian
Religion
Sunni Islam[4]
Related ethnic groups
Other Northeast Caucasian-speaking peoples
Especially Rutuls

The Tsakhur or Saxur (Lezgian: ЦIахурар, Azerbaijani: Saxurlar, Russian: Цахуры) people are a Lezgin sub-ethnic group[citation needed] of northern Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan (Russia). The group numbers around 30,000 people and are called yiqy (pl. yiqby), but are generally known by the name Tsakhur, which derives from the name of a Dagestani village, where they make up the majority.

  1. ^ "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  2. ^ "National composition of population by regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, person". Council of Europe. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ State statistics committee of Ukraine - National composition of population, 2001 census (Ukrainian)
  4. ^ "The Tsakhurs". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Institute of the Estonian Language. Archived from the original on 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-07-28.