Hazara people facts for kids
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 7–8 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Afghanistan |
2,841,000 |
 Pakistan |
900,000. Some ~ 40,000 Afghan citizens of Hazara descent in Pakistan (2005) |
 Iran |
500,000 |
 Europe |
130,000 |
 Australia |
18,000 (2014) |
 Canada |
4,300 |
 Indonesia |
3,800 |
| Languages | |
| Dari (Hazaragi) (eastern varieties of Persian) | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam (Twelver and Ismaili), with Sunni minorities (see Aimaq Hazara) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Aimaqs, Tajiks, Uzbeks and Turkmens | |
Hazāra (Persian: هزاره) are a Persian-speaking people who mainly live in central Afghanistan and in Pakistan. They are mostly Shiite Muslims and comprise the third largest ethnic group of Afghanistan, forming about 18% (according to other sources up to 25%) of the total population. Over half a million Hazaras live in neighboring Pakistan, native to the region of Quetta and also some Hazaras live in Iran mostly as refugees.
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Miniature of Emir Muhammad Khwaja
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An 1879 portrait of a Dai Zangi Hazara
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Ethnic Hazara men in Behsud.
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Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hizbe-Wahdat party during and following the Soviet–Afghan War.
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The Bamyan Valley, the site of the Buddhas of Bamyan
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Qazi Muhammad Essa, Jinnah's close associate and a key figure of the All-India Muslim League in Balochistan.
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Ethnolinguistic groups in Afghanistan
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Muhammad Musa Khan from Quetta, Pakistan. He served the army chief of Pakistan Army in 1958–66
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Dawood Sarkhosh is a Hazara cultural musician.
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Abul Fazl Mosque in Murad Khane, Kabul during construction in 2008
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Zohib Islam Amiri, is a professional Hazara footballer who is currently playing for the Afghanistan national football team
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Moshtagh Yaghoubi, is a Hazara-born Finnish footballer who plays for HIFK
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Karim Khalili, 2nd Vice President of Afghanistan (with turban) is standing next to Mohammed Fahim, George W. Bush, facing Hamid Karzai
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Habiba Sarabi and Laura Bush meeting Afghan National Police commander in Bamyan, Afghanistan
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Abbas Noyan is a politician, who served as a member of the Afghanistan Parliament, representative of the people of Kabul province from 2005 to 2010. He is the current Afghanistan's ambassador to Sweden
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Maryam Monsef is an ethnic Hazara Afghan Canadian politician. She was the Minister for Women and Gender Equality in Canada
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In Spanish: Hazara para niños
