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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex%C3%B3n_aut%C3%B3noma_de_China" title="Rexón autónoma de China – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Rexón autónoma de China" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="চীনের স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চীনের স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%9D%D0%A0" title="Автономни региони в КНР – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Автономни региони в КНР" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%80%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%90%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%97%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%84%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8D" title="ཀྲུང་གོའི་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཀྲུང་གོའི་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_aut%C3%B2nomes_de_la_Xina" title="Regions autònomes de la Xina – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regions autònomes de la Xina" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomn%C3%AD_oblasti_v_%C4%8C%C3%ADn%C4%9B" title="Autonomní oblasti v Číně – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Autonomní oblasti v Číně" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_Region_(China)" title="Autonome Region (China) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Autonome Region (China)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Αυτόνομες περιοχές της Κίνας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αυτόνομες περιοχές της Κίνας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_aut%C3%B3noma_de_China" title="Región autónoma de China – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región autónoma de China" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%ADtonomaj_regionoj_de_%C4%88inio" title="Aŭtonomaj regionoj de Ĉinio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aŭtonomaj regionoj de Ĉinio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskualde_autonomo_(Txina)" title="Eskualde autonomo (Txina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eskualde autonomo (Txina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مناطق خودمختار چین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مناطق خودمختار چین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_autonome_(r%C3%A9publique_populaire_de_Chine)" title="Région autonome (république populaire de Chine) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Région autonome (république populaire de Chine)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexi%C3%B3ns_aut%C3%B3nomas_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_Popular_da_China" title="Rexións autónomas da República Popular da China – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Rexións autónomas da República Popular da China" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%98%EA%B5%AC_(%EC%A4%91%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD)" title="자치구 (중화인민공화국) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="자치구 (중화인민공화국)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpaghara_nd%E1%BB%8B_kw%E1%BB%A5%E1%BB%A5r%E1%BB%A5_onwe_ha_na_mba_China" title="Mpaghara ndị kwụụrụ onwe ha na mba China – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Mpaghara ndị kwụụrụ onwe ha na mba China" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daerah_otonom_di_Tiongkok" title="Daerah otonom di Tiongkok – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daerah otonom di Tiongkok" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regioni_autonome_della_Cina" title="Regioni autonome della Cina – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regioni autonome della Cina" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_K%C3%ADnai_N%C3%A9pk%C3%B6zt%C3%A1rsas%C3%A1g_auton%C3%B3m_ter%C3%BCletei" title="A Kínai Népköztársaság autonóm területei – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A Kínai Népköztársaság autonóm területei" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Автономни региони во Кина – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Автономни региони во Кина" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohe_ture-whaiaro_o_Haina" title="Rohe ture-whaiaro o Haina – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Rohe ture-whaiaro o Haina" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasan_autonomi_di_Republik_Rakyat_China" title="Kawasan autonomi di Republik Rakyat China – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kawasan autonomi di Republik Rakyat China" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%9D%D0%A5%D0%90%D0%A3-%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D3%A9%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D3%A9_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="БНХАУ-ын өөртөө засах орон – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="БНХАУ-ын өөртөө засах орон" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_regio_(China)" title="Autonome regio (China) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Autonome regio (China)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82" title="चीनका स्वायत्त क्षेत्रहरू – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="चीनका स्वायत्त क्षेत्रहरू" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkerepublikken_Kinas_autonome_regioner" title="Folkerepublikken Kinas autonome regioner – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Folkerepublikken Kinas autonome regioner" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_auton%C3%B2ma_de_la_Republica_Populara_de_China" title="Region autonòma de la Republica Populara de China – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Region autonòma de la Republica Populara de China" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%92" title="چین دے خود مختار علاقے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چین دے خود مختار علاقے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B5es_aut%C3%B3nomas_da_China" title="Regiões autónomas da China – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Regiões autónomas da China" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9A%D0%9D%D0%A0)" title="Автономный район (КНР) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Автономный район (КНР)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li 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style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">110,879,058<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">4,380,000 km<sup>2</sup> (1,690,000 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol 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style="padding-bottom:0.6em;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China" title="Administrative divisions of China">Administrative divisions<br />of China</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddf; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Province-level_divisions_of_China" title="Province-level divisions of China">Province-level (1st)</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/Direct-administered_municipality" title="Direct-administered municipality">Municipalities</a> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">Provinces</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Autonomous regions</a> </p> <hr /> <a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_regions_of_China" title="Special administrative regions of China">Special administrative regions</a><br /></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddf; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div style="background:#fdd; width:100%; height:100%;"><a href="/wiki/Sub-provincial_division" title="Sub-provincial division">Sub-provincial level</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/Sub-provincial_division" title="Sub-provincial division">Sub-provincial cities</a> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Sub-provincial_division" title="Sub-provincial division">Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures</a> </p> <hr /> <a href="/wiki/Sub-provincial_division" title="Sub-provincial division">Sub-provincial city districts</a></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddf; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a 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height:100%;"><i>Others</i></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_China" title="List of regions of China">Regions</a> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_China" title="List of capitals in China">Capital cities</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/New_areas" title="New areas">New areas</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_China" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of China">Autonomous administrative divisions</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/National_Central_City" class="mw-redirect" title="National Central City">National Central Cities</a> </p> <hr /> <a href="/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_China" title="Special economic zones of China">Special Economic Zones</a></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="font-weight:normal;"> <p>History: <a href="/wiki/Administration_of_territory_in_dynastic_China" title="Administration of territory in dynastic China">before 1912</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Administrative divisions of the Republic of China (1912–1949)">1912–49</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_administrative_divisions_of_China_(1949%E2%80%93present)" title="History of the administrative divisions of China (1949–present)">1949–present</a> </p> <hr /> <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division_codes_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China">Administrative division codes</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Template:Administrative_levels_and_divisions_of_China_sidebar" title="Template:Administrative levels and divisions of China sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Administrative_levels_and_divisions_of_China_sidebar" title="Template talk:Administrative levels and divisions of China sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Administrative_levels_and_divisions_of_China_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Administrative levels and divisions of China sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>autonomous regions</b> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">自治区</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Zìzhìqū</span></i>) are one of four types of <a href="/wiki/Province-level_divisions_of_China" title="Province-level divisions of China">province-level divisions of China</a>. Like <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">Chinese provinces</a>, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Law of the People's Republic of China">law of the People's Republic of China</a>, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the right to "formulate self-government regulations and other separate regulations."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An autonomous region is the highest level of <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_China" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of China">minority autonomous entity in China</a>, which has a comparably higher population of a particular minority ethnic group. </p><p>There are five autonomous regions in China: <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet (Xizang)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Turkestan" title="Chinese Turkestan">Chinese Turkestan</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Established in 1947, the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region</a> became the first autonomous region in the <a href="/wiki/Communist-controlled_China_(1927%E2%80%931949)" title="Communist-controlled China (1927–1949)">Chinese liberated zone</a>. <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> was made autonomous in 1955 after the PRC's founding, and <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a> were made autonomous in 1958. <a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet</a> was <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China">annexed</a> by the People's Republic of China in 1951, and was declared an autonomous region in 1965. The designation of Guangxi and Ningxia as <a href="/wiki/Zhuang_people" title="Zhuang people">Zhuang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> autonomous areas, respectively, was bitterly protested by the local <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a>, who made up two-thirds of the population of each region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although <a href="/wiki/Mongols_in_China" title="Mongols in China">Mongols</a> made up an even smaller percentage of Inner Mongolia than either of these, the ensuing <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> gave little opportunity for protest.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_rights">Legal rights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legal rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Autonomous regions in China have no legal right to secede, <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">unlike in the Soviet Union</a> – the <i>Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional Ethnic Autonomy</i>, written in 1984, states that "each and every ethnic autonomous region is an inseparable part of the People's Republic of China," and that "any form of<span class="nowrap"> </span>... separatism<span class="nowrap"> </span>... is absolutely prohibited."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_goods_and_services">Public goods and services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Public goods and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In general, China's minority regions have some of the highest per capita government spending on education, among other <a href="/wiki/Public_good_(economics)" title="Public good (economics)">public goods</a> and services.<sup id="cite_ref-:022_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 366">: 366 </span></sup> Providing public goods and services in these areas is part of a government effort to reduce regional inequalities, reduce the risk of separatism, and stimulate economic development.<sup id="cite_ref-:022_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 366">: 366 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_autonomous_regions">List of autonomous regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of autonomous regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name in English </th> <th width="13%">Simplified Chinese<br />Pinyin </th> <th>Abbreviation </th> <th>Local name<br /><a href="/wiki/SASM/GNC_romanization" title="SASM/GNC romanization">SASM/GNC romanization</a> (Language) </th> <th>Capital </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China" title="List of ethnic groups in China">Designated<br />minority</a> </th> <th>Language </th> <th>Pre-1949 ROC subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f2f2f2;"><b><a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a> Autonomous Region</b> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">内蒙古自治区</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Nèi Měnggǔ Zìzhìqū</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%92%99" class="extiw" title="wikt:蒙">蒙</a></span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Měng</i></span><br />(IMAR) </td> <td><span title="Mongolian-language text"><span lang="mn"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237794275">.mw-parser-output .font-mong{font-family:"Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Garqag Tig","Oyun Har_a Tig","Oyun Scnin Tig","Oyun Agula Tig","Mongolian Baiti","Noto Sans 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href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hohhot" title="Hohhot">Hohhot</a><br />(<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">呼和浩特</span></span>; <span title="Mongolian-language text"><span lang="mn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ</span></span></span>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongols_in_China" title="Mongols in China">Mongol</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suiyuan" title="Suiyuan">Suiyuan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chahar_Province" title="Chahar Province">Chahar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rehe_Province" title="Rehe Province">Rehe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liaobei" title="Liaobei">Liaobei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xing%27an_Province" title="Xing'an Province">Xing'an</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f2f2f2;"><b><a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a> Zhuang Autonomous Region</b> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">广西壮族自治区</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:桂">桂</a></span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Guì</i></span><br />(GZAR) </td> <td><span title="Zhuang-language text"><i lang="za">Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Standard_Zhuang" title="Standard Zhuang">Standard Zhuang</a>/<a href="/wiki/Zhuang_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhuang language">Zhuang</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanning" title="Nanning">Nanning</a><br />(<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">南宁</span></span>; <span title="Zhuang-language text"><i lang="za">Nanzningz</i></span>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhuang_people" title="Zhuang people">Zhuang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhuang_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhuang language">Zhuang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Standard_Zhuang_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Zhuang language">Standard Zhuang language</a> (Vahcuengh) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a> (province) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f2f2f2;"><b><a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet Autonomous Region</a></b> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">西藏自治区</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Xīzàng Zìzhìqū</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%97%8F" class="extiw" title="wikt:藏">藏</a></span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Zàng</i></span><br />(TAR) </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1106655535">.mw-parser-output .uchen{font-family:"Jomolhari","Uchen","Noto Serif Tibetan Medium","Noto Serif Tibetan","BabelStone Tibetan Slim","Yagpo Tibetan Uni","Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya","Kailash","DDC Uchen","TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","DDC Rinzin","Qomolangma-Woodblock","Qomolangma-Dunhuang"}.mw-parser-output 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title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Standard Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibet_Area_(administrative_division)" title="Tibet Area (administrative division)">Tibet Area</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xikang" title="Xikang">Xikang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f2f2f2;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a> Hui Autonomous Region</b> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">宁夏回族自治区</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%81" class="extiw" title="wikt:宁">宁</a></span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Níng</i></span><br />(NHAR) </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: 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Zìzhìqū</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0" class="extiw" title="wikt:新">新</a></span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Xīn</i></span><br />(XUAR) </td> <td><span title="Uyghur-language text"><span lang="ug-Arab" dir="rtl">شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى</span></span><br /><span title="Uyghur-language romanization"><i lang="ug-Latn">Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Uyghur_language" title="Uyghur language">Uyghur</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi" title="Ürümqi">Ürümqi</a><br />(<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">乌鲁木齐</span></span>; <span title="Uyghur-language text"><span lang="ug-Arab" dir="rtl">ئۈرۈمچی</span></span>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_language" title="Uyghur language">Uyghur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang_Province,_Republic_of_China" title="Xinjiang Province, Republic of China">Xinjiang</a> (province) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Administrative Division</th> <th>National Share (%) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_Chinese_census" title="2020 Chinese census">2020 Census</a><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_Chinese_census" title="2010 Chinese census">2010 Census</a><sup id="cite_ref-census2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>2000 Census<sup id="cite_ref-census2000_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2000-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1990 Census<sup id="cite_ref-census1990_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1990-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1982 Census<sup id="cite_ref-census1982_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1982-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1964 Census<sup id="cite_ref-census1964_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1964-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1954 Census<sup id="cite_ref-census1954_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1954-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a></td> <td>3.55 </td> <td>50,126,804</td> <td>46,026,629</td> <td>43,854,538</td> <td>42,245,765</td> <td>36,420,960</td> <td>20,845,017</td> <td>19,560,822 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a></td> <td>1.70 </td> <td>24,049,155</td> <td>24,706,321</td> <td>23,323,347</td> <td>21,456,798</td> <td>19,274,279</td> <td>12,348,638</td> <td>6,100,104 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a></td> <td>0.51 </td> <td>7,202,654</td> <td>6,176,900</td> <td>5,486,393</td> <td>4,655,451</td> <td>3,895,578</td> <td>*</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet Autonomous Region</a></td> <td>0.26 </td> <td>3,648,100</td> <td>3,002,166</td> <td>2,616,329</td> <td>2,196,010</td> <td>1,892,393</td> <td>1,251,225</td> <td>1,273,969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a></td> <td>1.83 </td> <td>25,852,345</td> <td>21,813,334</td> <td>18,459,511</td> <td>15,155,778</td> <td>13,081,681</td> <td>7,270,067</td> <td>4,873,608 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>7.85 </th> <th>110,879,058 </th> <th>101,725,350 </th> <th>93,740,118 </th> <th>85,709,802 </th> <th>74,561,891 </th> <th>41.714,947 </th> <th>31,808,503 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic">Ethnic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_regions_of_China&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ethnic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Administrative Division</th> <th>Titular Ethnic Group</th> <th>Han Chinese</th> <th>Other ethnic minorities </th></tr> <tr> <td>Xinjiang (Uyghur)</td> <td>45.0%</td> <td>42.2%</td> <td>12.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tibet (Tibetan)</td> <td>86.0%</td> <td>12.2%</td> <td>1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Inner Mongolia (Mongol)</td> <td>17.7%</td> <td>78.7%</td> <td>3.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ningxia (Hui)</td> <td>35.0%</td> <td>64.1 %</td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Guangxi (Zhuang)</td> <td>31.4%</td> <td>62.5 %</td> <td>6.1% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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