Circassians
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Summary
Circassians is an ethnic group[1]. Circassians ranks in the top 0.44% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,842 views/month, #20 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Kabardian[3], Adyghe[4], Russian[5], Turkish[6], Arabic[7]
- Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[8], religion in Circassia[9]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kabardino-Balkaria[10], Adygea[11], Karachay-Cherkessia[12], Krasnodar Krai[13], Stavropol Krai[14], North Ossetia–Alania[15], Moscow[16]
- Country: Turkey[17], Russia[18], Jordan[19], Syria[20], Iraq[21], Libya[22], Saudi Arabia[23], Germany[24], Egypt[25], United States[26], Palestine[27], Israel[28], Serbia[29], Uzbekistan[30]
- Subclass of: Northwest Caucasian peoples[31]
- Commons category: Circassians[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Circassians[33]
- Population: 3,500,000[34]
- Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[35], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], The New Student's Reference Work[39]
- Different from: Cherkess[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[41]
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Influence
Things named for Circassians include Cherkessk[42], an administrative divisions of Russia[43], in Russia[44], founded in 1825[45]; Çerkezköy district[46], a city[47], in Turkey[48], founded in 1958[49]; Tserkezoi[50], a community of Cyprus Republic[51], in Cyprus[52]; and Çerkezmüsellim[53], a mahalle[54], in Turkey[55].
Why It Matters
Circassians has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Circassians is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Circassians include Cherkessk[42], an administrative divisions of Russia[43], in Russia[44], founded in 1825[45]; Çerkezköy district[46], a city[47], in Turkey[48], founded in 1958[49]; Tserkezoi[50], a community of Cyprus Republic[51], in Cyprus[52]; and Çerkezmüsellim[53], a mahalle[54], in Turkey[55].