Pashtuns
Iranic ethnic group native to Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Summary
Pashtuns is an ethnic group[1]. Pashtuns ranks in the top 0.51% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,483 views/month, #23 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Pakistan[3], Afghanistan[4], India[5], United Arab Emirates[6], United States[7], Iran[8], United Kingdom[9], Canada[10], Malaysia[11], Russia[12]
- Commons category: Pashtuns[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pashtun people[14]
- Commons gallery: Pashtuns[15]
- Described at URL: http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=70002[16], http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=77005[17]
- Population: 53,000,000[18]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[19], Otto's encyclopedia[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23]
- Native label: پښتون[24], پختون[25]
- Has works in the collection: National Gallery of Victoria[26]
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Influence
Things named for Pashtuns include Pashtunistan[27], a region[28], in Pakistan[29].
Why It Matters
Pashtuns has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Pashtuns is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for Pashtuns include Pashtunistan[27], a region[28], in Pakistan[29].