|
Ethnic groups:
Han
Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol,
Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
population
and distribution of ethnic minorities
(based on the Fourth National Census data on July 1, 1990)
|
Ethnic
Group
|
Population(10,000)
|
Major
Areas of Distribution
|
|
Mongolian
|
480.24
|
Inner
Mongolia, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin,Heilongjiang, Gansu,
Hebei, Henan and Qinghai
|
|
Hui
|
861.20
|
Ningxia,
Gansu, Henan, Hebei, Qinghai,Shandong,Yunnan, Xinjiang,
Anhui, Liaoning,Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Beijing
andTianjin
|
|
Tibetan
|
459.31
|
Tibet,
Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan
|
|
Uygur
|
720.70
|
Xinjiang
|
|
Miao
|
738.36
|
Guizhou,
Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan,Hainan and Hubei
|
|
Yi
|
657.85
|
Sichuan,
Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi
|
|
Zhuang
|
1,555.58
|
Guangxi,
Yunnan, Guangdong and Guizhou
|
|
Bouyei
|
254.83
|
Guizhou
|
|
Korean
|
192.34
|
Jilin,
Liaoning and Heilongjing
|
|
Manchu
|
984.68
|
Liaoning,
Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing,and Inner Mongolia
|
|
Dong
|
250.68
|
Guizhou,
Hunan and Guangxi
|
|
Yao
|
213.70
|
Guangxi,
Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong and Guizhou
|
|
Bai
|
159.81
|
Yunnan
and Guizhou
|
|
Tujia
|
572.50
|
Hunan
and Hubei
|
|
Hani
|
125.48
|
Yunnan
|
|
Kazak
|
111.08
|
Xinjiang,
Gansu and Qinghai
|
|
Dai
|
102.54
|
Yunnan
|
|
Li
|
111.25
|
Hainan
|
|
Lisu
|
57.46
|
Yunnan
and Sichuan
|
|
Va
|
35.20
|
Yunnan
|
|
She
|
63.47
|
Fujian,
Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong
|
|
Gaoshan
|
0.29
|
Taiwan
(the figure excludes the Gaoshan ethnic group in Taiwan
Province) and Fujian
|
|
Lahu
|
41.15
|
Yunnan
|
|
Shui
|
34.71
|
Guizhou
and Guangxi
|
|
Dongxiang
|
37.37
|
Gansu
and Xinjiang
|
|
Naxi
|
27.78
|
Yunnan
and Sichuan
|
|
Jingpo
|
11.93
|
Yunnan
|
|
Kirgiz
|
14.35
|
Xinjiang
and Heilongjiang
|
|
Tu
|
19.26
|
Qinghai
and Gansu
|
|
Daur
|
12.15
|
Inner
Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang
|
|
Mulam
|
16.06
|
Guangxi
|
|
Qiang
|
19.83
|
Sichuan
|
|
Bulang
|
8.24
|
Yunnan
|
|
Salar
|
8.75
|
Qinghai
and Gansu
|
|
Maonan
|
7.24
|
Guangxi
|
|
Gelo
|
43.82
|
Guizhou
and Guangxi
|
|
Xibo
|
17.29
|
Xinjiang,
Liaoning and Jilin
|
|
Achang
|
2.77
|
Yunnan
|
|
Pumi
|
2.97
|
Yunnan
|
|
Tajik
|
3.32
|
Xinjiang
|
|
Nu
|
2.72
|
Yunnan
|
|
Ozbek
|
1.48
|
Xinjiang
|
|
Russian
|
1.35
|
Xinjiang
|
|
Ewenki
|
2.64
|
Inner
Mongolia and Heilongjiang
|
|
De'ang
|
1.55
|
Yunnan
|
|
Bao'an
|
1.17
|
Gansu
|
|
Yugu
|
1.23
|
Gansu
|
|
Jing
|
1.87
|
Guangxi
|
|
Tartar
|
0.51
|
Xinjiang
|
|
Drung
|
0.58
|
Yunnan
|
|
Oroqen
|
0.70
|
Inner
Mongolia and Heilongjiang
|
|
Hezhen
|
0.43
|
Heilongjiang
|
|
Monba
|
0.75
|
Tibet
|
|
Loba
|
0.23
|
Tibet
|
|
Jino
|
1.80
|
Yunnan
|
Topography:
The topography of China is complex, high in the west and low-lying in
the east. Mountains, hills and plateaus account for 65 percent of the
country's land area. Among the world's 19 mountain peaks, 8,000 meters
above sea level or higher, China has seven. China also abounds in rivers
and lakes. The total length of rivers runs to 220,000 km. More than
5,000 rivers have a catchment area exceeding 100 square km. More than
2,800 lakes are more than one square km in size, among which 13 have a
water surface of more than 1,000 square km. |
