Khakas
Хакас | |
|---|---|
Top: Khakas ethnic flag Bottom: Khakas in Khakassia and neighboring areas | |
| Total population | |
| 80,000 (est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia (primarily Khakassia) | |
Russia
| 72,959 |
| Ukraine | 162 |
| China (Heilongjiang) | About 1,500 |
| Languages | |
| Khakas, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Orthodox Christianity (Russian Orthodoxy) Also shamanism (Tengrism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chulyms, Kumandins, Siberian Tatars, Shors, Teleuts, Tofalar, Tuvans, Dukha, Soyot, Fuyu Kyrgyz, Kyrgyz, Kamasins | |
The Khakas are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language.
The Khakhassian people are direct descendants of various ancient cultures that have inhabited southern Siberia, including the Andronovo culture, Samoyedic peoples, the Tagar culture, and the Yenisei Kyrgyz culture, although some populations traditionally called Khakhassian are not related to Khakhassians or any other ethnic group present in the area.