Evenks
The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym Ewenkī(l)) are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognised as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 38,396 (2010 census). In China, the Evenki form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of 30,875 (2010 census). There are 537 Evenks in Mongolia (2015 census), called Khamnigan in the Mongolian language.
Эвэнкил | |
|---|---|
An Evenk family in the early 1900s | |
| Total population | |
| c. 69,856 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia
∟ Evenkia
| 39,226 |
| China | 30,875 |
| Mongolia | 537 |
| Ukraine | 48 |
| Languages | |
| Evenki, Yakut, Russian, Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Evens, Oroqens, Oroch | |
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