Oroks

Also known as Orok people, Uilta

thumb|400px|Settlement of the Uilta (Oroks) in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in %, 2010 census

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Ethnic group.group: OroksAlternative names:Orok, Ul'ta, Ulcha, Uil'ta, Nani
Ethnic group.native_name: Ульта, Ульча, Уильта, Нани
Ethnic group.flag_caption: Ethnic flag of the Orok
Ethnic group.image: 300px
Ethnic group.image_caption: Ulta people (before 1945)
Ethnic group.population: 360 (est.)
Ethnic group.pop1: 295
Ethnic group.pop2: 20 (1989)
Ethnic group.langs: Orok, Russian, Japanese
Ethnic group.rels: Shamanism, Russian Orthodox Christianity
Ethnic group.related: Evens, Evenks, Ulchs, Nanai, Oroch, Udege

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Population: 959
Image: Uilta People.JPG

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Etymology
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thumb|400px|Settlement of the Uilta (Oroks) in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in %, 2010 census

Oroks (Ороки in Russian; self-designation: Ulta, Ulcha), sometimes called Uilta, are a people in the Sakhalin Oblast (mainly the eastern part of the island) in Russia. The Orok language belongs to the Southern group of the Tungusic language family. According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 346 Oroks living in Northern Sakhalin by the Okhotsk Sea and Southern Sakhalin in the district by the city of Poronaysk. According to the 2010 census there were 295 Oroks in Russia.