Faculty: Economics and Management Group: 751. 21 Subject: Development of speech skills Topic: Ethnic diversity in Azerbaijan Teacher: Abiyeva Leyla Student: Humbatli Ayan

Faculty: Economics and Management Group: 751.21 Subject: Development of speech skills Topic: Ethnic diversity in Azerbaijan Teacher: Abiyeva Leyla Student: Humbatli Ayan

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• According to the population census of Azerbaijan conducted from April 13 to April 22, 2009, the number of Talyshes in the territory of the republic has amounted to 112 thousand people.
• They, generally compactly live in the southern regions of the republic – in Astara, Lankaran, Masalli and Lerik. Their religion is Islam.

The Tats (25.2 thousand people, 2009). They live generally in Shabran, Guba, Shamakhi and Ismailli regions of the country. The Tats are Muslims. According to A. Bakikhanov and other researchers, the ancestors of the Tats have been moved to Azerbaijan in the 4th-6th centuries by Sassanid Shahs. Traditional occupations of the Tats are agriculture and gardening, and also carpet-weaving. Their family-household relations are approximately the same as that of Azerbaijanis.

THE TATS