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Hani Ethnic Minority |
Most of the 1,253,952 (by 1999) Hanis live in the valleys between the Ailao and Mengle mountains in southern Yunnan Province. They are under the jurisdiction of the Honghe Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Their language belongs to the Yi branch of the... |
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Gelo Ethnic Minority |
The 437,997 (as of 1999) Gelos live in dispersed clusters of communities in about 20 counties in western Guizhou Province, four counties of the Wenshan Zhuang-Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan Province and the Longlin Multi-ethnic Au... |
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Gaoshan Ethnic Minority |
The Gaoshan people, about 400,000 in total (as of1990), mainly live in mountain areas and the flat valleys running along the east coast of Taiwan Island, and on the Isle of Lanyu. About 2,009 live in such major cities as Shanghai, Beijing and Wuhan... |
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Ewenki Ethnic Minority |
The Ewenki ethnicminority has a population of 26,315 (as of1990) that is sparsely distributed across seven banners (counties) in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and in Nahe County in Heilongjiang Province. The spoken language of the Ewenki peop... |
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Drung Ethnic Minority |
The Drung is one of the smallest ethnic minority in China. With a total population of about 5,816 (as of1990), the Drungs mainly live in theDrung River valley in the GongshanDrung and Nu Autonomous County in northwestern Yunnan Province. Their langu... |
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Dongxiang Ethnic Minority |
The Dongxiang ethnic minority, with a population of 373,872 (as of1990), lives in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture situated southwest of Lanzhou, capital city of the northwest province of Gansu. Half of them dwell in the Dongxiang Autonomous County,... |
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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. The population of this ethnicminority in China is 2.5 million (by 1999). With... |
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De'ang Ethnic Minority |
The De-ang ethnicminority has a population of 15,462 (as of1990), distributed over a vast area. Most De-ang people live in Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Preference and in Lincang Preference in Yunnan Province. Some are also scattered in Baoshan, Sima... |
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Daur Ethnic Minority |
With a population of 121,357 (as of1990), the Daur people mainly live in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang together with the Han or other ethnic groups. The Daur language belongs to the Mongolian Austronesian of Altai Phylum. They have no wr... |
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Dai Ethnic Minority |
The Dai ethnic minority, with a population of about 1.2 million, mainly lives in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Xishuangbanna in the southern part of Yunnan province. The Dai ethnic minority has its... |
