Daur people
ᡩᠠᡤᡠᠷ | |
|---|---|
Daur woman in Inner Mongolia, China | |
| Total population | |
| c. 131,393 (2010 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| People's Republic of China, in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang | |
| China | 131,393 |
| Mongolia | 3,000 |
| Languages | |
| Daur, Chinese, Mongol | |
| Religion | |
| Mongolian shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Buryats, Mongols and Khitan | |
The Daurs, Dagur, Daghur, or Dahur (Dagur:ᡩᠠᡤᡠᠷDaure; Khalkha Mongolian: Дагуур, Daguur; simplified Chinese: 达斡尔族; traditional Chinese: 達斡爾族; pinyin: Dáwò'ěr zú; Russian: Дауры, Daury) are a Mongolic people originally native to Dauriya and now predominantly located in Northeast China (and Siberia, Russia, in the past). The Daur form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China. They numbered 131,992 according to the latest census (2010) and most of them live in Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulun Buir, northeastern Inner Mongolia and Meilisi Daur District in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, Northeast China. Some Daur people also live near Tacheng in Xinjiang.