Shapsugs
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Shapsug
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Шапсыгъ
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- ady
- Ethnic group.flag
- Shapsug Banner.png
- Ethnic group.image
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- Ethnic group.population
- 807,882
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 800,000 - 1,000,000 (approximation)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 4,000
- Ethnic group.region3
- 3,839 (2010 census)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 1,914 (2021 census) 3,882 (2010 census)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Circassian language (West Adyghe dialect) (Shapsug sub-dialect, Hakuchi sub-dialect), Russian, Turkish, Hebrew and Arabic
- Ethnic group.religions
- Predominantly: Sunni Islam
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Other Circassian tribes
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Shapsugsky national district
- Culture
- Language
- Families
- Shapsug families in Jordan
- Shapsug families in Kfar Kama, Israel
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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The Shapsug ( , , , , ) (also known as the Shapsugh or Shapsogh) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes. Historically, the Shapsug tribe comprised one of the largest groups of the Black Sea Adyghe (Причерноморские адыги). They inhabited the region between the Dzhubga (in means "Winds" or "The Valley of Winds") River and the Shakhe Rivers (the so-called Maly Shapsug, or Little Shapsug) and high-altitude mountainous areas of the northern slopes of the Caucasus range along the Antkhir, Abin, Afips, Bakan, Ships, and other rivers (Bolshoy Shapsug, or Greater Shapsug). In Russia, the remaining Shapsug population mainly live in the Tuapsinsky District (Tuapse) of Krasnodar Krai, Lazarevsky City District of Sochi, and in the Republic of Adygea (mainly in District of Takhtamukaysky and District of Teuchezksky), which were a small part of historical Circassia.