Khanty (in older literature:
Ostyaks) are an
indigenous people calling themselves
Khanti, Khande, Kantek (Khanty), living in
Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "
Yugra" in
Russia, together with the
Mansi. In the
autonomous okrug, the
Khanty and
Mansi languages are given co-official status with Russian. In the
2010 Census, 30,943 persons identified themselves as Khanty. Of those, 26,694 were resident in
Tyumen Oblast, of which 17,128 were living in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug and 8,760—in
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. 873 were residents of neighbouring
Tomsk Oblast, and 88 lived in the
Komi Republic.