Abstract: Object An anthropological study of 102 males and 84 females was made on Tatar nationality aged 20 to 58 in Qitai county, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in May, 1999. The informa-tion can provide reference to anthropology. Methods The morphological investigation is based on Wu Rukang' s method of anthropometry. Results The physical characters of Tatar nationality: The ce-phalic index belongs to hyperbrachycephaly, hypsicephaly and tapeinocephaly. The morphological facial index belongs to euryprosopy. The breadth of eye aperture belongs to middle type. The nose breadth is larger than interocular breadth between endocanthions. Nasal root height is high. The nasal index belongs to leptorrhiny. The armstretch is long. Conclusion Tatar nationality is most closely related to Kirgiz, Kazak nationalities living in Xinjiang, and it is remotely related to the Miao, Man, Li nationalities.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Tatar nationality; Anthropology