Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan explained

Group:	Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan Özbəkistan azərbaycanlıları
Population:	35,848 (Census 2000)^[1]
Popplace:	Tashkand
Langs:	AzerbaijaniUzbekRussian
Rels:	Predominantly Muslim

Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan (Azerbaijani: Özbəkistan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Uzbek citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan used to be part of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Currently there are over 35,848 Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan, making up 0.15% of Uzbekistan's population.

Population of Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan according to ethnic group 1926–1989

Ethnic group	census 1926^1		census 1939^2		census 1959^3		census 1970^4		census 1979^5		census 1989^6
	20,764	0.4	3,645	0.1	40,511	0.5	40,431	0.3	59,779	0.4	44,410	0.2
^1 Excluding the Tadzjik ASSR, but including the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Oblast (in 1926 part of the Kazakh ASSR); source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?. ^2 Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php. ^3 Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php. ^4 Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151519/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php. ^5 Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php. ^6 Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172713/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php.

Notable people

• Movlud Miraliyev
• Rafig Huseynov

See also

• Azerbaijan–Uzbekistan relations
  • Turkic Council Azerbaijani diaspora
• Demographics of Uzbekistan

External links

• Soviet Census 1970: Uzbekistan
• Soviet Census 1979: Uzbekistan
• Soviet Census 1989: Uzbekistan

Notes and References

1. http://www.library.cjes.ru/online/?a=con&b_id=416 Ethnic Composition of Uzbekistan