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In accordance with these basic policies, China practices a system whereby national minorities exercise regional autonomy. where national minorities live in compact communities autonomous organs of self-government are established under the unified leadership of the Central Government. The minority people shall exercise autonomous rights, be masters in their own areas and administer the internal affairs of their ethnic group. The National Minority Regional Autonomy Law adopted in 1984 by the Second.
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China's Ethnic Minority Population and Distribution
(Date of the Fourth National Census, July 1, 1990)
EthnicGroup |
Population(100,000) |
Major Areas of Distribution |
Mongol |
48.024 |
Inner Mongolia,Xinjiang,Liaoning,Jilin,Heilongjiang,Gansu,Hebei, |
Hui |
86.120 |
Ninxia,Gansu,Henan,Hebei,Qinghai,Shandong,Yunnan,Xinjiang,Anhui, |
Tibetan |
45.931 |
Tibet,Qinghai,Sichuan,Gansu,Yunnan |
Uygur |
72.070 |
Xinjiang |
Miao |
73.836 |
Guizhou,Hunan,Yunnan,Guangxi,Sichuan,Hainan,Hubei |
Yi |
65.785 |
Sichuan,Yunnan,Guizhou,Guangxi |
Zhuang |
155.558 |
Guangxi,Yunnan,Guangdong,Guizhou |
Bouyei |
25.483 |
Guizhou |
Korean |
19.234 |
Jilin,Liaoning,Heilongjiang |
Manchu |
98.468 |
Liaoning,Jilin,Heilongjiang,Hebei,Beijing,InnerMongolia |
Dong |
25.086 |
Guizhou,Hunan,Guangxi |
Yao |
21.370 |
Guangxi,Hunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,Guizhou |
Bai |
15.981 |
Yunnan,Guizhou |
Tujia |
57.250 |
Hunan,Hubei |
Hani |
12.548 |
Yunnan |
Kazak |
11.108 |
Xinjiang,Gansu,Qinghai |
Dai |
10.254 |
Yunnan |
Li |
11.125 |
Hainan |
Lisu |
5.746 |
Yunnan,Sichuan |
Va |
3.520 |
Yunnan |
She |
6.347 |
Fujian,Zhejiang,Jiangxi,Guangdong |
Gaoshan |
0.029 |
Taiwan,Fujian |
Lahu |
4.115 |
Yunnan |
Shui |
3.471 |
Guizhou,Guangxi |
Dongxiang |
3.737 |
Gansu,Xinjiang |
Naxi |
2.778 |
Yunnan,Sichuan |
Jingpo |
1.193 |
Yunnan |
Kirgiz |
1.435 |
Xinjiang,Heilongjiang |
Tu |
1.926 |
Qinghai,Gansu |
Daur |
1.215 |
Inner Mongolia,Heilongjiang,Xinjiang |
Mulam |
1.606 |
Guangxi |
Qiang |
1.983 |
Sichuan |
Blang |
0.824 |
Yunnan |
Salar |
0.875 |
Qinghai,Gansu |
Maonan |
0.724 |
Guangxi |
Gelo |
4.382 |
Guizhou,Guangxi |
Xibe |
1.729 |
Xinjiang,Liaoning,Jilin |
Achang |
0.277 |
Yunnan |
Pumi |
0.297 |
Yunnan |
Tajik |
0.332 |
Xinjiang |
Nu |
0.272 |
Yunnan |
Ozbek |
0.148 |
Xinjiang |
Russian |
0.135 |
Xinjiang |
Ewenki |
0.264 |
Inner Mongolia,Heilongjiang |
Deang |
0.155 |
Yunnan |
Bonan |
0.117 |
Gansu |
Yugur |
0.123 |
Gansu |
Jing |
0.187 |
Guangxi |
Tatar |
0.051 |
Xinjiang |
Drung |
0.058 |
Yunnan |
Oroqen |
0.070 |
Inner Mongolia,Heilongjiang |
Hezhen |
0.043 |
Heilongjiang |
Moinba |
0.075 |
Tibet |
Lhoba |
0.023 |
Tibet |
Jino |
0.180 |
Yunnan |