Mingrelians

Also known as Megrelians, Mingrels, Megrels

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Ethnic group.group: Mingrelians
Ethnic group.image: Kartvelian languages.svg
Ethnic group.image_caption: Distribution of Mingrelian in relation to the other Kartvelian languages
Ethnic group.popplace: Georgia 400,000
Ethnic group.languages: Mingrelian, Georgian
Ethnic group.religions: Predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Georgian Orthodox Church)

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Population: 400000
Image: Ermakov. № 3729. Mingrelian princess Chkonia. 23.jpg

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Commons category: Mingrelians
native label: მეგრელები

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The Mingrelians (; ) are an indigenous Kartvelian-speaking ethnic subgroup of Georgians that mostly live in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (; ) region of Georgia. They also live in considerable numbers in Abkhazia and Tbilisi. In the pre-1930 Soviet census, the Mingrelians were afforded their own ethnic group category, alongside many other ethnic subgroups of Georgians.