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Uyghurs (also called Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs) are a Turkic ethnic group of people living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region, where they are the dominant ethnic group together with Han people), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
An other group of Uyghurs lives in Taoyuan county of Hunan province in Southcentral China. Uyghurs form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially
recognized by the People's Republic of China.