China Ethnic Groups

China Ethnic Groups

China is composed of 56 ethnic groups. Among them Han Chinese account for 91.59% of the overall Chinese population and the other 55 make up the remaining 8.41% according to the Fifth National Population Census of 2000. As the combined population of these other minorities is far fewer than that of the Han, they form the 55 minorities of China.
Yi Ethnic Minority

Yi Ethnic Minority

Yi Ethnic Minority live mainly in the hillside and basin areas in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou Provinces together

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Tujia Minority

Tujia Minority

Tujia includes Northern Tujia( also known asBifzivkar)andSouthern Tujia ( also known as Mongrzzir) The endonym Biz

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Miao Minority

Miao Minority

MiaoMinority group has a population of 8,940,116 which is larger than most of minority groups in China After im

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Tibetan Minority

Tibetan Minority

Tibetan ,also Zang ethnic minority,with a population of 5,416,021 mostly live in the Tibet Autonomous Region Ther

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Uygur Minority

Uygur Minority

Uygur ethnic minority has a population of 8,399,393 according to the national census in 2000 They lives mainly

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Hui Minority

Hui Minority

HuiMinority, also Muslim in China,is descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the

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Manchu Minority

Manchu Minority

Manchu Minority has a population of 10,682,263, based on the fifth national census of 2000 Theylive mainly inHei

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Mongol Minority

Mongol Minority

With a population of 5,813,947, Mongol Minority is distributed primarily in theInner Mongolian Autonomous Regionalon

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Chinese Han Nationality

Chinese Han Nationality

With a population of 1159 4 million, the Han Chinese can be found in almost every part of China However, they

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Zhuang Minority

Zhuang Minority

Zhuang Ethnic Minority,with a population of about 16,178,811, is the largest minority group in China with a long

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