The Ulchis or Ul'chs (Ульчи, ольчи in Russian; self designation: пани, or pani) are an indigenous people of Siberia. They live in the Khabarovsk region, on the lower Amur. 90% of them live within the district of Ulchi. The Ulchi language belongs to the Tungusic language family. According to the 2002 census, there were 2913 Ulchs in Russia (2,400 in 1970). Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) (population 582,700) is the capital city of the Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, some 30 km from the Chinese border, at 48°25′ N 135°07′ E. In Chinese, the city is also known as Bуlм (伯力, pinyin: bai3 li4). ... The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the worlds ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of... Ulchi is a district in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. ... Tungusic languages (or Manchu-Tungus languages) are spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Anthropologically, the Ulchis are Mongoloid. Some of them belong to the so-called Sakhalin-Amur group, like the Nivkhs.Categrory:Tungusic peoples A portrait of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan Taiwanese aborigine dancer. ... Nivkh or Gilyak (ethnonym: Nivxi) (language, нивхгу - Nivxgu) is a language spoken in Outer Manchuria, in the basin of the Amgun, a tributary of the Amur, along the lower reaches of the Amur and on the northern half of Sakhalin. ...