Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Chinese Tatars (simplified Chinese: 塔塔尔族; traditional Chinese: 塔塔爾族; pinyin: Tǎtǎ’ěrzú; Tatar language: Кытай татарлары) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China. Their ancestors are Volga Tatars tradesmen who settled mostly in Xinjiang.The number of Chinese Tatars is close to 5000 as of the year 2000 and they live mainly in the cities of Aletai Changji Yili Ürümqi Tacheng and other places in Xinjiang.