Chinese ethnic group
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This type is for the ethnic groups officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. Its primary purpose is to associate these groups with their autonomous areas.
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| Zhuang | Ethnicity | Guangxi | Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture |
The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh; ) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic...
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| Uyghur people |
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Ethnicity | Xinjiang |
The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur, Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known by its controversial name Uyghurstan or East Turkistan).
There...
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| Tibetan people |
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Ethnicity | Tibet Autonomous Region | Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
The Tibetan people are indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching from Central Asia in the West to Myanmar and China Proper in the East.
The Government of Tibet in Exile claims that the number of Tibetans has fallen from 6.3 million to 5...
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| Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
| Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
| Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
| Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
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| Hui people |
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Person | Ningxia | Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture |
The Hui people (, Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are concentrated in...
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| Ethnicity | Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture | ||||
| Ethnic Mongols in China |
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Ethnicity | Inner Mongolia | Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture |
Ethnic Mongols in China (Chinese: 蒙古族 Ménggǔzú) are citizens of the People's Republic of China who are ethnic Mongols. They form one of the 55 ethnic minorities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. There are approximately 5.8...
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| Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
| Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
| Buyei |
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Ethnicity | Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture |
The Buyei (also spelled Puyi, Bouyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, , or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y) are an ethnic group living in southern China. Numbering 2.5 million, they are the 11th...
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| Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture | |||||
| Hani people |
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Ethnicity | Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture |
The Hani people (Hani: Haqniq; ; Vietnamese: Người Hà Nhì) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They also form one of the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups of...
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| Salar |
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The Salar people (Salar: Salar, Chinese: 撒拉族, Pinyin: Sālāzú) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They numbered 104,503 people in the last census of 2000 and live mostly in Qinghai (in Xunhua...
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| She people | Ethnicity |
The She (畲) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
They are the largest minority in the Fujian province. They are also present in the Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong...
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| Oroqen | Ethnicity |
The Oroqen people (; also spelt Orochen or Orochon) are an ethnic group in northern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. According to the 2000 Census, 44.54% live in Inner Mongolia and...
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| Bai | Ethnicity | Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture |
The Bai (; endonym ) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They numbered 1,858,063 as of 2000.
The Bai People hold the white colour in high esteem and call themselves "Baizi", "Baini" or "Baihuo",...
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| Qiang |
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Ethnicity | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture |
The Qiang people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000 living in northwestern Sichuan province. Nowadays, the Qiang are only a...
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| Maonan | Ethnicity |
The Maonan (self name: Anan meaning local people) people are an ethnic group. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Maonan ethnic minority has a population of 107,166, living in the...
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| Dong people |
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Ethnicity | Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture |
The Dong (; own name: Gaeml, in the , also referred to as Kam) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, and are famed for their carpentry skills and unique...
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| Nu people | Ethnicity |
The Nu people are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their population of 27,000 is divided into the Northern, Central and Southern groups. Their homeland is a country of high mountains and deep...
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| Lahu |
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The Lahu people (; own names: Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd; Vietnamese: La Hủ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia and China.
They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where about 450,000 live in...
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| Shui | Ethnicity |
The Shui people are an ethnic group living in the Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan areas of southwestern China. They are counted as one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
It is believed that the Shui are...
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| Yugur |
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The Yugurs , or Yellow Uyghurs as they are traditionally known, are one of China's 56 officially recognized nationalities, consisting of 13,719 persons according to the 2000 census. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gānsù...
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| Daur | Ethnicity |
This arcticle is about the Daur people and their language. For the Daur region of Pakistan, see Daur region----
The Daur people (Traditional Chinese: 達斡爾族, Simplified Chinese: 达斡尔族, Pinyin: Dáwò'ěrzú}}; the former name "Dahur" is considered...
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| Tujia |
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The Tujia (土家族; pinyin:Tǔjiāzú; endonym:Bizika 毕兹卡), with a total population of over 8 million, is the 6th largest ethnic minority in People's Republic of China. They live in Wuling Range, straddling the common borders of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou...
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| Xibe |
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The Xibe ( Sibe; ) are an ethnic group living mostly in northeast China and Xinjiang. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Xibe originally lived on the Nonni and Songhua river valleys in...
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| Va people | Ethnicity |
The Va nationality (; ; ) lives mainly in compact communities in the Ximeng (in Va: Mēng Ka or Si Moung), Cangyuan, Menglian (Gaeng Līam), Gengma (Gaeng Mīex or Gaeng Māx), Lincang (Mēng Lām), Shuangjiang (Si Nblāeng or Mēng Mēng), Zhenkang and...
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| Manchu |
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The Manchu people (Manchu: Manju; , Mongolian: Манж) are a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (today's Northeastern China). During their rise in the seventeenth century, along with the help of Ming rebels (such as general Wu Sangui), they...
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| Yao people |
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The Yao nationality (Traditional Chinese: 瑤族, Simplified Chinese: 瑶族, Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người Dao) is a government classification for various minorities in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's...
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| Li people | Ethnicity |
Li (黎; pinyin Lí) or Hlai is a minority Chinese ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. 94% of the Li live off the southern coast of mainland China on Hainan, where they are the...
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| Tu people | Ethnicity |
The Monguor (Simplified: 土; Pinyin: Tǔ) people are one of the 56 ethnic group officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are distributed throughout the 31 provinces and regions of China, with a higher concentration in Qinghai and...
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| Tajiks |
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Tājik (; UniPers: Tâjik; Cyrillic: ) is a term generally applied to Persian-speaking peoples of Persian origin living east and northeast of present-day Iran. The traditional Tajik homelands are in present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, southern...
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| Ethnic Koreans in China |
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The population of Koreans in China include millions of descendants of Korea immigrants with citizenship of the People's Republic of China, as well as smaller groups of South and North Korean expatriates. Chinese citizens of Korean descent, referred...
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| Dongxiang people |
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The Dongxiang people (autonym: Sarta or Santa (撒尔塔); ) are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most of the Dongxiang live in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and surrounding areas of Gansu Province in...
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| Blang | Ethnicity |
The Blang (布朗族 : Bùlǎng Zú) (also spelled Bulong) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Blang language belongs to the Palaung-Wa branch of the Mon-Khmer family...
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