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Sary Uyghurs are a small Turkic community officially recognized as one of China’s 56 ethnic minorities. According to 2000 census data their population is estimated at around 13,700. Today they live primarily in northwestern China, especially in Sunan Sary Uyghur Autonomous County and its surrounding areas within Gansu Province. Throughout history the Sary Uyghurs have maintained their presence at the easternmost edge of the Turkic world. Although traditionally nomadic their social structure unde