Ethnic groups in West Asia
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The ethnic groups in West Asia fall into several categories:
- The Middle East proper is dominated by Arabs. There are various other ethnic groups, mostly Iranian (notably the Kurds) and Turkic (Turkmen), Assyrians and Jews (notably Israelis).
- Iran is mostly populated by Persians and Kurds, besides Turkic, Arab and other minorities such as Armenians and Assyrians.
- Anatolia is mostly populated by Turks, besides minorities (notably Kurds).
- the Caucasus has many ethnicities, see peoples of the Caucasus.
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[edit] Arabian peninsula, the Levant and Mesopotamia
Ethnic groups of the Levant, Mesopotamia and the Arabian peninsula
[edit] Iran
Peoples of Iran
- Persians
- Azeri Turks
- Pashtuns
- Kurds
- Baluch people
- Talysh people
- Gilaki people
- Kurds
- Mazandarani people
- Lurs
- Turkmen people
- Jews
[edit] Anatolia
Further information: Ethnic groups of Turkey
[edit] Caucasus
Ethnic groups of the Caucasus
- Abkhaz people
- Adyghe people
- Ubykh people
- Chechens
- Ingush people
- Georgians
- Armenians
- Mountain Jews
- Georgian Jews
- Azeris
- Assyrians
[edit] Central Asia
[edit] See also
- Arab world
- Archaeogenetics of the Near East
- Demographics of the Arab League
- Ethnic groups of Africa
- Ethnic groups of Europe
- Ethnic groups of South Asia
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