Võros
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Võros/Võrovõrokõsõqvõrukesed
- Ethnic group.flag
- File:Flag of Võro.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Võro flag
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Võru-dancing group.JPG
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Traditional dance of Võros
- Ethnic group.population
- 50,000 to 70,000 (74,499) (about 4–7% of the population)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Võro, Standard Estonian
- Ethnic group.religions
- Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical Lutheran
- Ethnic group.related
- Estonians Setos
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Part of
- Estonians
- Country
- Estonia
- Population
- 74499
- Image
- Võru-dancing group.JPG
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- Category:Võros
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- Võros
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|Pulga, a native Võro speaker.
Võros (Võro: võrokõsõq, pronounced , , ) are the indigenous inhabitants of historical Võromaa (Vana Võromaa), a region in Southeastern Estonia (Võru and Põlva Counties with parts extending into Valga and Tartu Counties). The term is particularly used by proponents of a regional identity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Võros” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.