Azerbaijanis
Sign in to saveAzerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the largest ethnic group in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the second-largest ethnic group in neighboring Iran and Georgia. They speak the Azerbaijani language, belonging to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, and predominantly practice Shia Islam.
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Azerbaijanis are a Turkic ethnic group primarily living in the Republic of Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran, where they form the largest and second-largest ethnic populations respectively. They are significant because they maintain a distinct language (Azerbaijani, part of the Turkic language family) and cultural identity rooted in Shia Islam across a strategically important region of the Caucasus and Middle East.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Azerbaijanis
- Ethnic group.image
- Azerigirls.JPG
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Azerbaijani girls in traditional dresses, 1997
- Ethnic group.population
- 30–35 million
- Ethnic group.total_year
- 2002
- Ethnic group.region1
- Iran
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 12–23 million
- Ethnic group.region2
- Azerbaijan
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 8,172,800
- Ethnic group.ref2
- [https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/ap/?lang=en Azerbaijan Republic
- Ethnic group.region3
- Russia
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 603,070
Article
31 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Ethnonym
- Exonym
- History
- Ancient period
- Medieval period
- Early modern period
- Modern period in Republic of Azerbaijan
- Modern period in Iran
- Origins
- Turkic origin and Turkification
- Iranian origin
- Caucasian origin
- Genetics
- Demographics and society
- In the Republic of Azerbaijan
- In Iran
- Subgroups
- Diaspora
- Women
- Culture
- Language and literature
- Religion
- Performing arts
- Sports
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Cited sources
- External links
Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the largest ethnic group in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the second-largest ethnic group in neighboring Iran and Georgia. They speak the Azerbaijani language, belonging to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, and predominantly practice Shia Islam.
Following the Russo-Persian Wars of 1813 and 1828, the territories of Qajar Iran in the Caucasus were ceded to the Russian Empire and the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828 finalized the borders between Russia and Iran. After more than 80 years of being under the Russian Empire in the Caucasus, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established in 1918 which defined the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.