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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group      = Kurds in Kazakhstan
|image      = 
|population = 38,325 (0,2%)<br>(2011 census)<ref name=kazakhstan>{{cite web|title=Table 4.1.1 Population by individual ethnic groups |url=http://www.eng.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib/2011/%D0%90%D0%9E%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf |work=Government of Kazakhstan |publisher=stat.kz |accessdate=9 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228140007/http://www.eng.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib/2011/%D0%90%D0%9E%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf |archivedate=February 28, 2013 }}</ref><br>46,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Kazakhstan: Ethnic Minorities Guaranteed Seats In Parliament|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1077396.html|accessdate=2 December 2012|newspaper=Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty|date=27 June 2007}}</ref>–150,000<ref name="paradise">{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan: A paradise for ethnic minorities|url=http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=7861|publisher=Kurdish Media|accessdate=2 December 2012}}</ref>
|popplace = [[Almaty Province]], [[Jambyl Province]], [[South Kazakhstan Province]]<ref name="historicaldictionary"/><ref>{{cite book|title=People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan|url=http://books.google.dk/books?id=W78I4hK0JLQC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=&source=bl&ots=vkpy8xxd5i&sig=CIExvWZ1bJAwVoiTPEP-J17gFTE&hl=da&sa=X&ei=XV27UJ3QAq-Z0QXbmYCQDQ&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2 December 2012|page=203}}</ref>
|languages  = [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], [[Russian language|Russian]]<ref name=historicaldictionary>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan|year=2012|url=http://books.google.dk/books?id=BbRsMq03dh0C&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=&source=bl&ots=MPqieDAyMG&sig=j8yRsA1qPDA-wFATzj6P61Z9-6g&hl=da&sa=X&ei=YVW7UKXxO4vQsgb-_4H4Bg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false|author1=Ustina Markus |author2=Didar Kassymova |author3=Zhanat Kundakbayeva |accessdate=2 December 2012|page=166}}</ref>
|religions  = Overwhelmingly [[Islam]]
|related  =[[Iranian people]] ([[Yazidis]], [[Zazas]])
}}

'''Kurds in Kazakhstan''' refers to the people born in or residing in Kazakhstan who are of Kurdish origin. According to the most recent Kazakh census in 2011, the Kurdish population is 38,325 or 0.2% of the population,<ref name="kazakhstan"/> but Vice President of the Kurdish Association of Kazakhstan, Malikshah Gasanov numbers the population up to 46,000,<ref name="paradise"/> because many Kurds list themselves as [[Turkish people|Turks]] and [[Azeris]].<ref name="historicaldictionary"/>
Most of the Kurdish population in Kazakhstan were deported by [[Stalin]] from [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Years later, Kurds immigrated to Kazakhstan from the neighbouring countries, [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref name="paradise"/>

In cities with a substantial Kurdish population, [[Kurdish literature]] and Kurdish language is taught in the primary and secondary schools. In the village of Kashkabulak, Kurdish students can study Kurdish through 12th grade.<ref name="paradise"/> And since 1990, Kurds also have had their own newspaper, the ''Kurdistan'' newspaper.<ref name="paradise"/>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion among Kazakh Kurds<ref name="kazakhstan" />
|label1 = [[Islam]]
|value1 = 98.3
|color1 = MediumSeaGreen
|label2 = [[Christianity]]
|value2 = 0.52
|color2 = DarkOrchid
|label3 = [[Atheism|Atheist]] and [[irreligion|non-religious]]
|value3 = 0.7
|color3 = DarkGray
|label4 = Other and undeclared
|value4 = 0.39
|color4 = Silver
|label5 = [[Judaism]]
|value5 = 0.02
|color5 = YellowGreen
|label6 = [[Buddhism]]
|value6 = 0.01
|color6 = MediumOrchid
}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Mother tongue among Kazakh Kurds<ref name="kazakhstan" />
|label1 = [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]
|value1 = 88.7
|color1 = MediumSeaGreen
|label2 = Other languages
|value2 = 11.3
|color2 = DarkOrchid
}}

==Deportation and immigration==
Kurds were deported twice to Central Asia from [[Caucasus|Caucasia]]. The first deportation occurred in 1937 where Stalin deported Kurds from [[Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]] and the second deportation occurred in 1944 in Georgia. Stalin feared a Turkish invasion and he saw Kurds as unreliable, even though many Kurds served in the Soviet military. Many of them died during the deportations.<ref name="historicaldictionary"/>

After the [[Osh riots (1990)|Osh riots]] and the riots in [[Fergana Valley]] between [[Kyrgyzs]] and [[Uzbeks]], many Kurds moved to Kazakhstan.<ref name="historicaldictionary"/>

==See also==
*[[Nadir Nadirov]]
*[[Kurdish population]]
*[[Yazidis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kurdish diaspora}}
{{Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Kurdish diaspora]]