Hazāra () are a Persian-speaking people who mainly live in central Afghanistan and in Pakistan. They are mostly Muslims with a Shia majority, and a Sunni minority. Hazaras are the third largest ethnic group of Afghanistan, forming about 18% (according to other sources up to 30%) of the total population. Over half a million Hazaras live in neighboring Pakistan, native to the region of Quetta and also some Hazaras live in Iran. In Afghanistan, most of them live in the central region known as Hazaristan. In the urban areas, like Kabul and Herat, they speak the Dari variant of Persian. In the more rural areas, thry mostly speak a dialect known as Hazaragi.
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Hazara people
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