Yugur Nationality

Yugur Nationality originated from the Uighurs nomadic in the erhun River Basin in the Tang Dynasty. They use three languages: Yugur (yaohur) belonging to the Turkic language family of Altai language family, Yugur (Engel) belonging to the Mongolian language family of Altai language family, and Chinese.

The Yugur people call themselves "yaohur" and "Xila Yugur". In 1953, they took "Yugu" (which also means wealth and consolidation in Chinese) which is similar to "yaohur".

Yugur is a nation dominated by animal husbandry, mainly living in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County of Gansu Province and Jiuquan Huangnibao area. According to the statistics of the sixth national census in 2010, the total population of Yugur is 14378.


Chinese nameYugur
population size14378 (2010)
distributionMainly in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Gansu Province
languagesYaohur, Engel
religious beliefMainly Tibetan Buddhism


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