Yugurs

Yugur
A Yugur family in Lanzhou, Gansu, 1944
Total population
18,000 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Gansu, China
Languages
Western Yugur, Eastern Yugur
Religion
Related ethnic groups

The Yugurs, Yughurs, Yugu (Chinese: 裕固族; pinyin: Yùgùzú; Western Yugur: Sarığ yoğır; Eastern Yugur: Shera yogor), traditionally known as Yellow Uyghurs, are a Turkic-Mongolic ethnic group and one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, consisting of 16,719 persons, according to the 2000 census. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gansu. They are mostly Tibetan Buddhists. The majority of Yugurs speak a Turkic language, while Mongolic and Chinese are also used in eastern provinces.

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