Editing Ethnicity (section)

===Asia===
{{Main|Ethnic groups in Asia|East Asian people|South Asian ethnic groups|Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia|Ethnic groups in the Middle East}}
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[[File:Assyriankhigga.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|[[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] are one of the indigenous peoples of Northern [[Iraq]].]]

Ethnic groups are abundant throughout [[Asia]], with adaptations to the climate zones of Asia, which can be the Arctic, subarctic, temperate, subtropical or tropical. The ethnic groups have adapted to mountains, deserts, grasslands, and forests.

On the coasts of Asia, the ethnic groups have adopted various methods of harvest and transport. Some groups are primarily [[hunter-gatherer]]s, some practice [[transhumance]] (nomadic lifestyle), others have been agrarian/rural for millennia and others becoming industrial/urban. Some groups/countries of Asia are completely urban, such as those in [[Hong Kong]], [[Shanghai]], and [[Singapore]]. The colonization of Asia was largely ended in the 20th century, with national drives for independence and [[self-determination]] across the continent.

In [[Indonesia]] alone, there are more than [[Ethnic groups in Indonesia|600 ethnic groups]],{{sfn|Ananta|Arifin|Hasbullah|Handayani|2015|pp=12, 27–28}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bps.go.id/news/2015/11/18/127/mengulik-data-suku-di-indonesia.html |title=Mengulik Data Suku di Indonesia |publisher=[[Statistics Indonesia|Badan Pusat Statistik]] |access-date=12 February 2020 |date=18 November 2015}}</ref> which are located on 17,000 islands in the [[Indonesian archipelago]].

[[Russia]] has more than 185 [[Ethnic groups in Russia|recognized ethnic groups]] besides the eighty percent [[Russians|ethnic Russian]] majority. The largest group is the [[Tatars]], 3.8 percent. Many of the smaller groups are found in the Asian part of Russia (see [[Indigenous peoples of Siberia]]).