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The North Caucasus, [b] or Ciscaucasia, [c] is a subregion in Eastern Europe governed by Russia. [d] It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which separates Europe and Asia. The North Caucasus is bordered by the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea to the west, the Caspian Sea to the east, and the Caucasus Mountains to the south.
Caucasus Jews of two sub-ethnic groups Mountain Jews and Georgian Jews. There are about 15,000–30,000 Caucasus Jews (as 140,000 immigrated to Israel, and 40,000 to the US). Arabs in the Caucasus: a population of nomadic Arabs was reported in 1728 as having rented winter pastures near the Caspian shores of the Mugan plain (in present-day ...
The North Caucasus contains most of the Greater Caucasus ... Zoroastrianism had become the dominant religion of the region; ... Population density of the Caucasus;
A diverse assortment of mostly Muslim North Caucasian speaking ethnic and tribal groups form the remainder. The North Caucasus Federal District is Russia's only Muslim-majority district, and is the only federal district that does not have an ethnic Russian majority. Life expectancy at birth in the North Caucasian Federal District, 1990–2021 ...
Total population ~1,628,500 Kabardian ... Religion; Predominantly Sunni Islam [5] [6] ... Historically the Kabardians lived in Kabardia, a region of the north Caucasus.
Islam is a major religious minority in the Russian Federation, which has the largest Muslim population in Europe. [2] According to the US Department of State in 2017, [3] Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population.
Total population; c. 270,000 [3] ... Religion; Sunni Islam [3] ... Those who remained in present-day West Kazakhstan and the North Caucasus ...
Total population; 210,000 (est.) ... Religion; Predominantly Sunni ... Jordan, Egypt and in Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Krai in the North Caucasus region of ...