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The Telengit are one of the oldest Turkic peoples and belong to the southern Altai branch. Official census data estimates the current Telengit population at 2400 people, although by their own estimates that number is closer to 15,000 people. The Kosh-Agach (Ere-Chui) and Ulagan Districts of Altai Republic have the densest Telengit populations.  

Ere-Chui –cradle of the Telengit

On February 13, 2017, Minga Peru's Executive Director Eliana Elias and Cultural Survival's Deputy Executive Director Mark Camp together lead a discussion at Cultural Survival’s headquarters in Cambridge, MA to celebrate World Radio Day. Despite it having snowed 12 inches that morning, the conference room held an intimate group of old and new faces.
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