Nogais
The Nogais (Nogai: Ногай, Noğay /noˈɣaj/, plural: Ногайлар, Noğaylar /noɣajˈlar/) are a Turkic ethnic group who live in the North Caucasus region. Most are found in Northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai, as well as in Karachay-Cherkessia and Astrakhan Oblast; some also live in Chechnya, Dobruja (Romania and Bulgaria), Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and a small Nogai diaspora is found in Jordan. They speak the Nogai language and are descendants of various Mongolic and Turkic tribes who formed the Nogai Horde. There are eight main groups of Nogais: the Ak Nogai, the Karagash, the Kuban-Nogai, the Kundraw-Nogai, the Qara-Nogai, the Utars, Bug-Nogai and the Yurt-Nogai.
Flag of the Nogais | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 310,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 109,042 |
| ∟ Dagestan | 36,944 |
| ∟ Stavropol Krai | 22,569 |
| ∟ Karachay-Cherkessia | 17,368 |
| ∟ Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 9,990 |
| ∟ Astrakhan Oblast | 9,320 |
| ∟ Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 3,740 |
| ∟ Chechnya | 2,819 |
| Romania | 4,057 |
| Bulgaria | 500 |
| Kazakhstan | 400 |
| Ukraine | 385-2,885 |
| Turkey | 90,000 |
| Languages | |
| Nogai, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Crimean Tatars, Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Kumyks, Karachays, Volga Tatars | |
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