Chechen people

Chechens
Нохчий
Noxçiy
Total population
c. 2 million
Regions with significant populations
 Russia1,431,360
     Chechnya1,206,551
     Dagestan93,658
     Ingushetia18,765
     Moscow Oblast14,524
     Stavropol Krai11,980
     Rostov Oblast11,449
     Volgograd Oblast9,649
     Astrakhan Oblast7,229
     Tyumen Oblast6,889
 European Union
      France
      Austria
      Belgium
      Germany
      Sweden
      Poland
      Denmark		130,000 (2009)
 Turkey100,000
 Kazakhstan32,894
 Jordan12,000–30,000
 Iraq11,000
 Georgia10,100, including Kist people
 Syria6,000–35,000
 Egypt5,000
 Ukraine2,877
 United Arab Emirates2,000–3,000
 Finland636
 United States250–1,000
 Latvia136–189Data figures from 2001 to 2021;
see also Chechen diaspora.
Languages
Chechen
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Nakh peoples, including the Bats and Ingush
Chechens in Grozny

The Chechens (/ˈtʃɛtʃɛnz, tʃəˈtʃɛnz/; Chechen: Нохчий, Noxçiy, Old Chechen: Нахчой, Naxçoy) are an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to the North Caucasus who refer to themselves as Nokhchiy (pronounced [no̞xtʃʼiː]; singular Nokhchi, Nokhcho, Nakhchuo or Nakhtche). The vast majority of Chechens are Muslim and they adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam. Most Chechens live in Chechnya, an "autonomous republic" of the Caucasussian part of Russia, while the rest live as a diaspora, mostly in Turkey, Kazakhstan and the European Union.

References

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  16. ↑ Note that the actual amount of Chechens living in the United States is higher, as they are categorized as Russians in censuses.
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