Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan explained
Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan (Azerbaijani: Qazaxıstan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Kazakh citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. According to the 2009 census, there were 85,292 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Kazakhstan; Azerbaijanis comprised 0.5% of Kazakhstan's population and were the country's tenth-largest ethnic minority.
Most Azerbaijani-Kazakhs have immigrated to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Azerbaijan; a small group of Iranian Azerbaijanis trapped by the Bolshevik taking of power in 1918 were also forced into Kazakhstan in 1938.[3] [4] [5]
Population
According to 2009 national census 94.8% of Azerbaijanis Kazakhstanis identify as Muslims, and 2.5% as Christians and 1.8% as Atheists.[2]
| Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan according to official censuses |
| Census | Azerbaijanis | % of Kazakh population |
|---|
| 1939 | 12,996[6] | 0.2% |
| 1959 | 38,362[7] | 0.4% |
| 1970 | 56,166[8] | 0.4% |
| 1979 | 73,345[9] | 0.5% |
| 1989 | 90,083[10] | 0.5% |
| 1999 | 78,325[11] | 0.5% |
| 2009 | 85,292 | 0.5% | |
See also
Notes and References
- http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan
- Web site: Visa Blog. www.ivisa.com. 6 August 2023.
- Web site: "ايران کوچک" در دل قزاقستان.
- http://www.hawzah.net/fa/magazine/magart/0/4194/26561 مجله فرهنگ کوثر اسفند1376، شماره 12 شیعیان مرکه
- Web site: فقط عشق به حسین(ع) برای آنها مانده بود . 2013-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503195246/http://www.ahl-ul-bayt.org/fa.php/page,3331A43442.html . 2014-05-03 . dead .
- Web site: Демоскоп Weekly. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР. 2011-02-13.
- Web site: Демоскоп Weekly. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР. 2011-02-13.
- Web site: Демоскоп Weekly. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР. 2011-02-13.
- Web site: Демоскоп Weekly. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР. 2011-02-13.
- Web site: Демоскоп Weekly. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР. 2011-02-13.
- Web site: Агентство РК по статистике . ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН 2009 ГОДА . 10 . 2011-02-13 . dead. https://archive.today/20191219215005/http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Documents/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81.pdf . 2019-12-19 .
