Shapsugs (
Adyghe: шапсыгъ ,
Russian: шапсуги,
Arabic: الشابسوغ) are a
Circassian tribe of the
Adyghe branch, who are currently living in the Tuapsinsky District (
Tuapse) of
Krasnodar Krai,
Lazarevsky City District of
Sochi, and in the
Republic of Adygea, all in
Russia. These areas are a small part of historical
Circassia, in addition to diaspora (
Amman,
Naour,
Marj Al-hamam,
Wadi Al Seer) Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Israel (
Kfar Kama), Syria, Europe, United States of America. The first Circassians to settle in Amman were from the Shapsug tribe and as a result the Shapsugs neighbourhood is considered the oldest neighbourhood in the Capital
Amman and was the
down town of it, however later other Circassians from the
Kabardian,
Abadzekh and
Bzadoug tribes also came to Amman.