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.
Shui Ethnic Minority

Shui Ethnic Minority

Shui Ethnic Group is distributed mainly in the Sandu Shui Autonomous County in Guizhou Province According to the

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Kazak Ethnic Minority

Kazak Ethnic Minority

Kazak ethnic minority,with a population of 1,250,458,is mainly in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Mori and Barkol

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Li Ethnic Minority

Li Ethnic Minority

Li Ethnic Minority lives mainly in the Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hainan Province, with a small number

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Chaoxian Ethnic Minority

Chaoxian Ethnic Minority

Chaoxian Minority, also Korean, with a total population of 1,923,842 in Chinaaccording to the census taken in 200

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Dai Ethnic Minority

Dai Ethnic Minority

Dai ethnic minority,with a total population of 1,158,989, is distributed throughout the Dai Autonomous Region and

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Hani Ethnic Minority

Hani Ethnic Minority

Hani Ethnic Minority mainly inhabit an area within the reaches of the Yuan and Lantsang Rivers in southwest Chin

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Buyei Ethnic Minority

Buyei Ethnic Minority

Buyei Ethnic Minority live mainly in Guizhou Province since the Stone Age The Bouyei ethnic minority have inhabi

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Yao Ethnic Minority

Yao Ethnic Minority

Yao Minorityis divided into several branches, such as Baiku Yao (people who wear white trousers), Hong Yao (peopl

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Bai Ethnic Minority

Bai Ethnic Minority

BaiEthnic Minoritylive mainlyin the Dali Bai Autonomous County ofYunnan Province, together with Lijiang, Kunming, Yu

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Dong Ethnic Minority

Dong Ethnic Minority

Dong Ethnic Minority lives primarily in the border regions between Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei Provinces, and it was

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