Avar people

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The Avar people are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group primarily inhabiting Dagestan in Russia, known for their distinct Avar language, rich mountain culture, and long history in the Caucasus region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Avar people canonical 10
Avar 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian people
ethnic group
autonymLanguage Avar language
capitalRegionCity Makhachkala
country Russia
culturalRegion Dagestan
danceTradition Lezginka-style dances
ethnicTerritory Avaria (historical region)
linked to: Avar
ethnonym Avars
folklore rich oral epic tradition
historicalConflict Caucasian War
historicalReligion Christianity
indigenous Caucasian beliefs
historicalState Avar Khanate
historicalWritingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
language Avar language
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages
majorTown Buynaksk
Gunib
Khunzakh
musicTradition Caucasian mountain music
nativeName аварцы
маарулал
notableFigure Rasul Gamzatov
notableLeader Imam Shamil
populationCenter Republic of Dagestan
primaryReligion Sunni Islam
region North Caucasus
Northeast Caucasus
linked to: North Caucasus
relatedEthnicGroup Andi people
linked to: Andi peoples

Chechens
Dargins
linked to: Dargin people

Dido (Tsez) people
linked to: Dido (Tsez) peoples

Ingush
Laks
Lezgins
significantPopulationIn Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Turkey
traditionalCraft carpet weaving
metalwork
wood carving
traditionalEconomy pastoralism
terraced agriculture
transhumance herding
traditionalHabitat Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Caucasus

Dagestani highlands
traditionalHousing stone mountain villages
traditionalReligion Sunni Islam
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avar spokenBy Avar people
Avars ethnonym Avar people
Imam Shamil ethnicity Avar
linked to: Avar people
Avar-Andic languages spokenBy Avar people
Lak relatedEthnicGroup Avar
linked to: Avar people
Lak neighboringPeople Avar
linked to: Avar people
Khunzakh dialect ethnicGroup Avar people
Boehkhʼul usedBy Avar people
Avar language spokenBy Avar people
магӏарул мацӏ spokenBy Avar people
Maarulal ethnicGroup Avar people
subject linked to: maarulal
Gamzat-bek ethnicity Avar
linked to: Avar people
Rasul Gamzatov ethnicity Avar
linked to: Avar people
Zakatala region hasMinority Avar people