The Bouyei (also Buyi) people, with a population of 2,545,059 (by 1990), are mainly scattered in the Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefectures in south Guizhou and Anshun. Some live in the Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in southeastern Guizhou and...
The Bonan is one of China's smallest ethnic minorities, with only 12,212 people (by 1990). They mainly cluster in the area around Xunhua County in Qinhai Province and Linxia County, southwest of Gansu Province. Its language belongs to the Mongolian...
The Blang people mainly live in the Menghai and Jinghong counties in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan Province, with a population of about 82,280 (as of1990). Some are also scattered in the neighboring Lincang and Simao...
The Bai ethnic minority has a population of 1,594,827 (as of the year1990), most of which live in the Bai Autonomous County, west of Yunnan Province. The rest are scattered in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. The language of Bai belongs to the...
More than 90 percent of the 27,708 (by 1990) Achangs live in Longchuan, Lianghe and Luxi counties in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan Province. The rest live in Longling County in the neighboring Baoshan Prefecture....
The Han nationality is the largest among the 56 nationalities in China, making up 92 percent of the total population. The Han people are found in all parts of the country, but mainly in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River (Huanghe), the...
China is a large country noted for its dense population and vast territory. There are altogether 56 ethnic groups in China. The defining elements of an ethnic group are language, homeland, and social values. 53 ethnic groups use spoken languages of...
