Pamiri people
Pamiris are an Iranian ethnic group, who are the majority in Badakhshan region and the far western portion of Xinjiang in western China.
![]() Pamiris | |
Total population | |
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350,000 (est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Badakhshan (Tajikistan) and (Afghanistan) Xinjiang (China) Gojal region (Pakistan) | |
![]() | 135,000[1] (2000) |
![]() | 363[2] (2010) |
Languages | |
Pamir languages | |
Religion | |
majority Ismaili branch of Shia Islam minority Sunni Islam[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tajik people |
Related pages
References
- Results of the 2000 population census in Tajikistan.
- Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (in Russian)
- Islamic peoples of the Soviet Union, pg. 33 By Shirin Akiner
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