Hatuqway

Hatuqway
Хьатыкъуайхэр, Хьатыкъоехэр
Family symbols (tamigha) of some Hatuqway families
Total population
5,650 (estimate)
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey~5,000
 Syria~200
 Germany~200 (estimate)
 United States~100 (estimate)
 Jordan~100
 Israel~50
Languages
Adyghe, Turkish, Russian, English, Arabic, Hebrew, German
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Adyghe tribes

The Hatuqway are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They were known for their art of war as a warrior tribe. Their presence in the Caucasus was destroyed during the Circassian genocide following the Russo-Circassian War; their number was significantly reduced and today they exist only in small communities in various diasporas, and their names are not mentioned anymore in Circassian dialectology.