Chinese Ethnic Groups:柯尔克孜族(Kē ěr kè zī zú )The Kirgiz ethnic minority
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来源:People's Daily
2012-08-08 13:54:20.000
Population: 143,500
Major areas of distribution: Xinjiang and Heilongjiang
Language: Kirgiz
Religion: Islam
The Kirgiz ethnic minority, with a population of 143,500, finds 80 per cent of its inhabitants in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The rest live in the neighboring Wushi (Uqturpan), Aksu, Shache (Yarkant), Yingisar, Taxkorgan and Pishan (Guma), and in Tekes, Zhaosu (Monggolkure), Emin (Dorbiljin), Bole (Bortala), Jinghe (Jing) and Gonliu in northern Xinjiang. Several hundred Kirgiz whose forefathers emigrated to Northeast China more than 200 years ago now live in Wujiazi Village in Fuyu County, Heilongjiang Province.