China has 56 nationalities

[CHUNG Yoon-Ngan <chungyn@mozart.joinet.net.au>]

China has 56 nationalities.  They are:

   Nationality          Population        Dwelling  locality
                        in million

(1) Achang (ªü©÷)          0.02           Dehong Dai and Jingpo
                                          Autonomous Prefecture,
                                          Yunnan Province      
                    
(2) Bai (¥Õ)               1.6            Dali Bai Autonompous
                                          Prefecture, Yunnan
                                          Province, and in Guizhou,
                                          Sichuan and Hunan provinces 

(3) Blang (¥¬®Ô)          0.08            Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous
                                          Prefecture, Yunnan Province
           
(4) Bonan («O¦w)          0.012           Gansu Province. It is a new
                                          nationality formed by
                                          Mongolian intermarriage with
                                          Hui, Han, Tibetan and Tu 
                                          people since the Yuan Dynasty
                                            (1271AD to 1368AD)

(5) Bouyei   (¥¬¨Ì)      2.54             Guizhou Province

(6) Daur (¹FºWº¸)        0.12             It is distributed mainly on
                                          the banks of the nenjiang
                                          River, northeast China.         

(7) De'ang (¼w©ù)       0.015             Yunnan Province

(8) Derung (¿WÀs)       0.005             Dulongjiang River, Yunnan
                                          Province.

(9) Dongxiang (ªF¶m)   0.37              Gansu, Ningxia and xinjiang
                                         provinces

(10) Ewenki (¶k·Å§J)  0.026              Hulun Buir League of the Inner
                                         Mongolian Autonomous Region and
                                         some counties of Heilongjiang
                                         Province.                  

(11) Gaoshan (°ª¤s)   0.34               Taiwan Province

(12) Gelao (Éh¨Ð)     0.43               Guizhou Province

(13) Gin (¨Ê)         0.018             Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region

(14) Han (º~)         1148.             All the provinces in China.

(15) Hani («¢¥§)      1.25              Yunnan Province
                      
(16) Hezhen (»®­õ)    0.004             Songhuajiang, Helongjiang and
                                        Wusulijiang rivers

(17) Hui (¦^)         8.6               Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.      

(18) Jingpo (´º»á)    0.11              Qinghai-Tibet plateau and some
                                        areas in Yunnan Province.  

(19) Jino (°ò¿Õ)      0.018             Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous
                                        Prefecture, Yunnan Province

(20) Kazakh (Ǣ値J)  1.11              Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
             
(21) Kirghiz (¬_º¸§J§¶) 0.12            Southwest Xinjiang Province.

(22) Korean (´ÂÂA)      1.9             Yanbian Korean Autonomous 
                                        Prefecture, Jilin Province and
                                        also in Heilongjiang, liaoning and
                                        Inner Mongolia.
   
(23) Lahu (©ÔÒé)       0.41             Lancangjiang River basin, 
                                        southwest China

(24) Lhoba (¯_¤Ú)     0.002             The smallest among China's
                                        minority nationalities. It lives
                                        in the nyingchi area of the Tibet
                                        Autonomous Region.          

(25) Li (¾¤)         1.11               South Hainan Province (Island).

(26) Lisu (®ßàô)     0.58               Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.

(27) Manchu (º¡)     9.82               Vast areas between Changbaishan
                                        Mountains and Heilongjiang
                                        River, northeast China.                 

(28) Maonan (¤ò«n)   0.07               Huanjiang County, Guangxi Zhuang
                                        Autonomous Region.                    

(29) Menba (ªù¤Ú)    0.007              Tibet Autonomous Region 

(30) Miao (­])       7.4                Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan, Guangxi,
                                        Sichuan, Hubei Provinces and
                                        Hainan Island.

(31) Mongolian (»X¥j) 4.8               Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region,
                                        Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, 
                                        Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang
                                        provinces.

(32) Mulao (»ò¨Ð)    0.15               Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County,
                                        Guangxi Province

(33) Naxi (¯Ç¦è)     0.27               Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County 
                                        in Yunnan Province.          

(34) Nu («ã)         0.02               On the banks of the Nujiang River,
                                        Yunnan Province.

(35) Oroqen (¶k­Û¬K) 0.006              Hulun Buir League, Inner Mongolian
                                        Autonomous region.

(36) Pumi (´¶¦Ì)     0.02               Yunnan Province

(37) Qiang (ªÊ)      0.19               Aba Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,
                                        Sichuan Province

(38) Russian («Xù´µ) 0.013             Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region,
                                        Heilonhjian Province and the Inner
                                        Mongolian Autonomous Region.

(39) Salar (¼»©Ô)     0.09              Qinghai and Gansu Provinces

(40) She (Ú®)         0.63              Fujian and Zhejiang provinces

(41) Shui (¤ô)        0.34              Guizhou Province and Guangxi
                                        Zhuang Autonomous Region.
                             
(42) Tai (ØV)         1.02              Yunnan Province

(43) Tajik (¶ð¦N§J)   0.03              Pamirs Plateau, southwest 
                                        Xinjiang Province        

(44) Tartar (¶ð¶ð)   0.004              Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous 
                                        Region

(45) Tibetan (ÂÃ)    4.6                Tibet Autonomous Region and
                                        Sichuan,Gansu, Qinghai and 
                                        Yunnan provinces.

(46) Tong (˾)      2.5               Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi 
                                      provinces

(47) Tu (¤g)        0.19              Qinghai and Gansu provinces

(48) Tujia (¤g®a)   5.7               Wuling Mountains at the junction 
                                      of Hunnan, Hubei, Sichuan and
                                      Guizhou provinces                 

(49) Uygur (ºû§^º¸) 7.2               Xinjiang Uygur AutonomousRegion.         

(50) Uzbek (¯Q§¶§O§J)  0.014         Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region  

(51) Wa (Ê_)           0.35          Southwest of Yunnan Province

(52) Xibe (¿ü§B)       0.17          Liaoning, Jilin and heilongjiang
                                     provinces, with some in the 
                                     Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous 
                                     Region

(53) Yao ( º½)        2.13           Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong,
                                     Guizhou and Jiangxi provinces 
                
(54) Yi  (ÂU)         6.5           Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi
                                    provinces

(55) Yugur (¸Î©T)     0.012         Yugur Autonomous County, Gansu
                                    Province, and Qilian County, 
                                    Qinghai Province                        

(56) Zhuang  (§§)     15.0          Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and 
                                    the rest in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou
                                    and Hunan provinces

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