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Chinese Ethnic Groups:布依族(Bùyī zú )The Bouyei ethnic minority
Most of China's 2,548,300 Bouyei people live in several Bouyei-Miao autonomous counties in Xingyi and Anshun prefectures and Qiannan Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups
As a large united multi-national state, China is composed of 56 ethnic groups. As the combined population of these other ethnic groups is far fewer than that of the Han, they form the 55 ethnic m
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:汉族(Hàn zú )Chinese Han People
With a population of 1159.4 million, the Han Chinese can be found in almost every part of China. However, they mainly live in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:鄂温克族(è wēn kè zú )The Ewenki ethnic minority
The Ewenki people have no written script but a spoken language composed of three dialects belonging to the Manchu-Tungusic group of the Altai language family.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:土家族(Tǔjiā zú )The Tujia ethnic minority
In the Wuling Range of western Hunan and Hubei provinces, at elevations from 400 to 1,500 meters, dwell 5.72 million people called the Tujias.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:塔吉克族(Tǎjíkè zú )The Tajik ethnic minority
It is the place where the ancient Tajik ethnic group has lived generation after generation. Most of the 26,500 Tajiks live in compact communities in Taxkorgan, and the rest are scattered over are
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:佤族(Wǎ zú )The Va ethnic minority
The Va ethnic minority, with a population of 352,000, lives in Ximeng, Cangyuan, Menglian, Gengma, Lancang, Shuangjiang, Zhenkang and Yongde counties in southwestern Yunnan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:满族(Mǎn zú )The Manchu ethnic minority
Manchus have their own script and language, which belongs to the Manchu-Tungusic group of the Altaic language family. Virtually scattered over all of China, the largest group, about 46.2 per cent
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:东乡族(Dōngxiāng zú )The Dongxiang ethnic minority
People of the Dongxiang ethnic minority live in the part of the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture situated south of the Yellow River and southwest of Lanzhou, capital city of the northwest provinc
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:京族(Jīng zú)The Jing ethnic minority
The Jings live in a subtropical area with plenty of rainfall and rich mineral resources. The Beibu Gulf to its south is an ideal fishing ground. Of the more than 700 species of fish found there.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:拉祜族(Lāhù zú )The Lahu ethnic minority
The Lahus ethnic minority has a population of 411,500, mainly distributed in the Lancang Lahu Autonomous County in Simao Prefecture, Southern Lincang Prefecture and Menghai County in Yunnan Provi
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:毛南族(Máonán zú )The Maonan ethnic minority
The Maonan ethnic minority has a population of 72,400, living in the northern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.The Maonan communities are located in sub-tropical areas characterized b
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:苗族(Miáo zú )The Miao ethnic minority
With a population of more than seven million, the Miao people form one of the largest ethnic minorities in southwest China. Much of the Miao area is hilly or mountainous, and is drained by severa
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:锡伯族(Xībó zú )The Xibe ethnic minority
The Xibe people in northeast and northwest China have each formed their own characteristics in the course of development.The Xibe ethnic minority, with a population of 127,900, is widely distribu
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:鞑靼族(Dádá zú)The Tartar ethnic minority
There are about 5,100 Tatars in China, most of whom live in Yining, Tacheng and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:阿昌族(A’chāng zú)The Achang ethnic minority
More than 90 per cent of the 27,700 Achangs live in Longchuan, Lianghe and Luxi counties in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:侗族(Dòng zú )The Dong ethnic minority
Nestling among the tree-clad hills dotting an extensive stretch of territory on the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi borders are innumerable villages in which dwell the Dong people.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:独龙族(Dúlóng zú )The Drung ethnic minority
The Drungs, numbering about 4,700, live mainly in the Dulong River valley of the Gongshan Drung and Nu Autonomous County in northwestern Yunnan Province.
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:仡佬族(Yìlǎo zú )The Gelo ethnic minority
The 438,200 Gelos live in dispersed clusters of communities in about 20 counties in western Guizhou Province. Only about a quarter of the Gelos still speak the Gelo language belonging to the Chin
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Chinese Ethnic Groups:黎族(Lí zú )The Li ethnic minority
Hainan, China's second largest island after Taiwan, is the home of the Li ethnic group with a population of about 1.11 million.The Li area is a tropical paradise with fertile land and abundant ra