Group: | Olots |
Region1: | |
Pop1: | 15,520 (2010) |
Region2: | |
Pop2: | a few thousands |
Languages: | Oirat |
Related: | Mongols, especially Oirats |
The Olot people (Mongolian: Өөлд|Ööld) are an Oirat sub-ethnic group of Choros origin. They were one of the strongest tribes of the Oirats. Today, Mongolian Olots live in Erdenebüren and Ölziit sums. There are a few Olots in Hulunbuir region and 40,000(?) Olots in Xinjiang province of China. Ölziit Olots absorbed into the Khalkha Mongols, and Erdenebüren Olots (3,000 people) retained their Oirat heritage.