Results found with the tag 'ethnic minority' , 52 articles in total.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:德昂族(Dé'áng zú )The De'ang ethnic minority
The number of De'ang people in China totals 15,500. Small as their population is, the people of this ethnic group are quite widely distributed over Yunnan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:布朗族(Bùlǎng zú )The Blang ethnic minority
The Blang people, numbering 82,400, live mainly in Mt. Blang, Xiding and Bada areas of Menghai County in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:裕固族(Yùgù zú)The Yugur ethnic minority
The Yugur originated from the Huihe (Tiele) people who were nomads around the Erhui River during the Tang Dynasty.Vast stretches of exuberant prairies in the region help make the Yugurs an open,
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:水族(Shuǐ zú )The Shui ethnic minority
There are in China 286,500 Shuis, the majority of whom dwell on the upper reaches of the Longjiang and Duliu rivers that meander across plains and rolling land interspersed with vast expanses of
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:羌族(Qiāng zú)The Qiang ethnic minority
The Qiang ethnic minority has a population of 198,300 who mostly dwell in hilly areas, crisscrossed by rivers and streams, in the Maowen Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:乌兹别克族(Wūzībiékè zú )The Ozbek ethnic minority
The Ozbek ethnic minority, with a population of 14,800, is scattered over wide areas of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Himself a Moslem, the Ozbek Khan spread Islam in his Khanate.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:傈僳族(Lìsù zú )The Lisu ethnic minority
The Lisu ethnic group numbers 574,600 people, and most of them live in concentrated communities in Bijiang, Fugong, Gongshan and Lushui counties of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in north
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:柯尔克孜族(Kē ěr kè zī zú )The Kirgiz ethnic minority
The Kirgiz ethnic minority, with a population of 143,500, finds 80 per cent of its inhabitants in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomou
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:哈尼族(Hā'ní zú )The Hani ethnic minority
Most of the 1,254,800 Hanis live in the valleys between the Yuanjiang and Lancang rivers, that is, the vast area between the Ailao and Mengle mountains in southern Yunnan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:白族(Bái zú )The Bai ethnic minority
Of the 1,598,100 Bai people, 80 per cent live in concentrated communities in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, southwest China.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:达斡尔族(Dá wò ěr zú )The Daur ethnic minority
The Daurs live mainly in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Heilongjiang Province. About several thousand of them are found in the Tacheng area in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in no
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China Facts: Chinese People
Nowadays, Chinese people enjoy a higher standard of living, with greatly improved facilities for education, a fact that contributes much to the overall quality of life for the entire nation.