Chinese people in Kyrgyzstan
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Chinese people in Kyrgyzstan have been growing in numbers since the late 1980s.[1] 2008 police statistics showed 60,000 Chinese nationals living in the country.[4] However, the 2009 census showed just 1,813 people who declared themselves to be of Chinese ethnicity.[5]
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Total population | |
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Various estimates | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bishkek, Naryn[1] | |
Languages | |
Chinese; many learning Russian as a second language;[2] Kyrgyz among ethnic Kyrgyz immigrants | |
Religion | |
Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Islam[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Overseas Chinese, Kyrgyz in China |
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