Chinese Tatars

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Chinese Tatars
Total population
5,000 (2000 est.)
Regions with significant populations
China: Xinjiang
Language(s)
Mandarin, Tatar
Religion(s)
Islam, Buddhist and Orthodox Christian minorities

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The Chinese Tatars (塔塔尔族 Tǎtǎěrzú) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Their ancestors are Volga Tatar tradesmen who settled mostly in Xinjiang.

According to the book «Синьцзян: этнографический очерк», (автор - Сюэ Цзунчжэн; межконтинетальное издательство Китая; 2001 год, ISBN 7-80113-859-7/D*104 -- it is a Russian translation of a Chinese book "Xinjiang: The Etnographic Review") there are two kinds of Tatars in China, and for each of them a different hieroglyph is used, although the pronunciation of these hieroglyphs is identical. One of the names is used for Tatars who arrived from Russia and settled in Xinjiang, and the other name is used for native Chinese Tatars. Tatars from Central Asia are called by the same name as native Tatars of China. A possible reason for this is that the Tatars from Russia look mostly European whereas the local Chinese Tatars have predominantly Asian features.

The number of Chinese Tatars is close to 5000 as of 2000, and they live mainly in the cities of Aletai, Changji, Yili, Urumchi, Tacheng and other places in Xinjiang.

Note that the Chinese had often used the term Tatars or Tazi/Dazi in Chinese in a derogatory manner to distinguish the non-Han groups from the North^{[citation needed]}, such as the Mongols and Jurchens/Manchus from the majority Han population, especially in those times when China was invaded by these groups, for example during the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.