Not to be confused with the Oroch people of Khabarovsk Krai, or the Oroqen people of China.
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Ethnic group
Oroks Alternative names: Orok, Ul'ta, Ulcha, Uil'ta, Nani
Ульта, Ульча, Уильта, Нани
Group of Uilta people
Total population
c. 360 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Russia
Sakhalin
295[1]
Japan
20 (1989)
Languages
Orok, Russian, Japanese
Religion
Shamanism, Russian Orthodox Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Evens, Evenks, Ulchs, Nanai, Oroch, Udege
Settlement of the Uilta (Oroks) in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in%, 2010 census
Oroks (Ороки in Russian; self-designation: Ulta, Ulcha), sometimes called Uilta, are a people in the Sakhalin Oblast (mainly the eastern part of the island) in Russia. The Orok language belongs to the Southern group of the Tungusic language family. According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 346 Oroks living in Northern Sakhalin by the Okhotsk Sea and Southern Sakhalin in the district by the city of Poronaysk. According to the 2010 census there were 295 Oroks in Russia.
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