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lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Prefektura autonomo" 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%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ولایت خودمختار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ولایت خودمختار" 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/Pr%C3%A9fecture_autonome" title="Préfecture autonome – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Préfecture autonome" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF" title="ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရစီရင်စု – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရစီရင်စု" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_prefectuur" title="Autonome prefectuur – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Autonome prefectuur" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Autonomous_counties_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous counties of China">Autonomous counties</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">County-level cities</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/District_(China)" title="District (China)">Districts</a><br /><a href="/wiki/District_(China)#Ethnic_districts" title="District (China)">Ethnic districts</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia" title="Banners of Inner Mongolia">Banners (Hoxu)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia#Autonomous_banner" title="Banners of Inner Mongolia">Autonomous banners</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Shennongjia" title="Shennongjia">Shennongjia Forestry District</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Liuzhi_Special_District" title="Liuzhi Special District">Liuzhi Special District</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Wolong_Special_Administrative_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolong Special Administrative Region">Wolong Special Administrative Region</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Workers_and_peasants_districts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Workers and peasants districts (page does not exist)">Workers and peasants districts</a><br /> </p> (obsolete)</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: lightgray; width: 100%; height: 100%;"><i>Analogous county level units</i></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Management_area_of_China&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Management area of China (page does not exist)">Management areas</a><br />Management committee</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; 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bureaux<br /> (obsolete) </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Sansha#Administrative_divisions" title="Sansha">Management committees</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Town-level_city" title="Town-level city">Town-level city</a><br /> </p> (pilot)</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: lightgray; width: 100%; height: 100%;"><i>Analogous township level units</i></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Management_area_of_China&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Management area of China (page does not exist)">Management areas</a><br />Management committee <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Area_(Beijing)" title="Area (Beijing)">Areas</a> </p> <hr /> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Farm_area_(China)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farm area (China) (page does not exist)">Farms area</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Overseas_Chinese_Farm_Region&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Overseas Chinese Farm Region (page does not exist)">Overseas Chinese Farm Region</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%AF%E5%83%91%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4" class="extiw" title="zh:華僑農場">zh</a>]</span>), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_area_(China)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prison area (China) (page does not exist)">Prison area</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=University_town_(China)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="University town (China) (page does not exist)">University towns</a>, etc.</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:lightgray; width:100%; 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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" 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 ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output 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China">prefectural level</a>, with either <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China_and_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ethnic groups in China and Taiwan">ethnic minorities</a> forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities, although the latter situation is most common. The official name of an autonomous prefecture includes the most significant minority in that region, sometimes two, rarely three. For example, a prefecture with a large number of <a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakhs</a> (<i>Kazak</i> in official naming system) may be called a <i>Kazak Autonomous Prefecture</i>. Like all other prefectural level divisions, autonomous prefectures are divided into <a href="/wiki/County-level_division" class="mw-redirect" title="County-level division">county level divisions</a>. There is one exception: <a href="/wiki/Ili_Kazak_Autonomous_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture">Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture</a> contains two prefectures of its own. Under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the People's Republic of China">Constitution of the People's Republic of China</a>, autonomous prefectures cannot be abolished.<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. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autonomous_administrative_divisions">Autonomous administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_prefecture&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Autonomous administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png/220px-Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png/330px-Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png/440px-Autonomous_rule_divisions_in_China.png 2x" data-file-width="2677" data-file-height="2183" /></a><figcaption>Map of all minority regions under autonomous rule designated by the Central Government <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#78D2FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Autonomous Region</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#78FFD2; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Autonomous Prefecture</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFA850; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Autonomous County</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B9A03A; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Autonomous Banner</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0000; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Ethnic district</div> </figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png/250px-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png/375px-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png/500px-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%90%84%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E6%95%B0%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F_China%27s_Autonomous_Regions_and_its_Designated_Ethnic_Minority.png 2x" data-file-width="2680" data-file-height="2184" /></a><figcaption>China's Autonomous Regions and its Designated Ethnic Minority</figcaption></figure> <p>The PRC's autonomous administrative divisions may be found in the first (or top) to third levels of its national <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative divisions</a> thus: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Level </th> <th>Type</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a></th> <th>Number <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of" title="Wikipedia:As of">as of</a> June 2005 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Province (1)   </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_China" title="Autonomous regions of China">Autonomous regions</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">自治区</span></span></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Zìzhìqū</i></span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Prefecture (2)   </td> <td>Autonomous prefectures</td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">自治州</span></span></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Zìzhìzhōu</i></span></td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="right">County (3)   </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">Autonomous counties</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">自治县</span></span></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Zìzhìxiàn</i></span></td> <td>117 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia#Autonomous_banners" title="Banners of Inner Mongolia">Autonomous banners</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">自治旗</span></span></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Zìzhìqí</i></span></td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_autonomous_prefectures">List of autonomous prefectures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_prefecture&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of autonomous prefectures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Province </th> <th>Name </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a> </th> <th>Designated <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China" title="List of ethnic groups in China">minority</a> </th> <th>Local name </th> <th>Capital </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linxia_Hui_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture">Linxia</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">临夏回族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>(<i>The Hui speak <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Xiao%27erjing" title="Xiao'erjing">Xiao'erjing</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic Transparent","Times New Roman",Arial,Calibri,"Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI",serif,sans-serif;font-weight:normal}</style><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">لٍ‌ثِیَا خُوِزُو زِجِجِوْ</span>‎ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linxia_City" title="Linxia City">Linxia</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gannan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Gannan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">甘南藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetans" title="Tibetans">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <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 .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}</style><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Kan-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hezuo" title="Hezuo">Hezuo (Hzö)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guizhou" title="Guizhou">Guizhou</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qiandongnan_Miao_and_Dong_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture">Qiandongnan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">黔东南苗族侗族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Qiándōngnán Miáozú Dòngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dong_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dong people">Dong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hmu_language" title="Hmu language">Hmu</a>: Qeef Dongb Naif Dol Yat Hmub Zid Zid Zeb<br /><a href="/wiki/Dong_language_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dong language (China)">Dong</a>: Qeenc Dongs Nanc Nyenc Miiul Nyenc Gaeml Zil Zl Zous </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaili_City" title="Kaili City">Kaili (Kad Linx)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guizhou" title="Guizhou">Guizhou</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qiannan_Bouyei_and_Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Qiannan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture">Qiannan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">黔南布依族苗族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Qiánnán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouyei_people" title="Bouyei people">Bouyei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buyei_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Buyei language">Bouyei</a>: Qianfnanf Buxqyaix Buxyeeuz ziqziqzouy<br /><a href="/wiki/Hmu_language" title="Hmu language">Hmu</a>: Qeef Naif Dol Yat Dol Hmub Zid Zid Zeb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duyun" title="Duyun">Duyun</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guizhou" title="Guizhou">Guizhou</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qianxinan_Bouyei_and_Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture">Qianxinan</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">黔西南布依族苗族自治州</span></span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Qiánxī'nán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouyei_people" title="Bouyei people">Bouyei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buyei_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Buyei language">Bouyei</a>: Qianfxiynanf Buxqyaix Buxyeeuz Ziqziqzouy<br /><a href="/wiki/Hmu_language" title="Hmu language">Hmu</a>: Qeef Xib Naif Dol Yat Dol Hmub Zid Zid Zeb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xingyi_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Xingyi City">Xingyi</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enshi_Tujia_and_Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture">Enshi</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">恩施土家族苗族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tujia_people" title="Tujia people">Tujia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tujia_language" title="Tujia language">Tujia</a>: Eng Shiv Bif Ziv Kar hev Bef Kar zouf xengv zuvз<br /><a href="/wiki/Hmong_language" title="Hmong language">Hmong</a>: Ee Si Thws Ca Txhwj Mioj Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enshi_City" title="Enshi City">Enshi</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xiangxi_Tujia_and_Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture">Xiangxi</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">湘西土家族苗族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tujia_people" title="Tujia people">Tujia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tujia_language" title="Tujia language">Tujia</a>: Xiз’angv Xif Bif Ziv Kar hev Bef Kar zouf xengv zuvз<br /><a href="/wiki/Hmong_language" title="Hmong language">Hmong</a>: Xyaa Xyi Thws Ca Txhwj Mioj Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jishou" title="Jishou">Jishou</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jilin" title="Jilin">Jilin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yanbian_Korean_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture">Yanbian</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">延边朝鲜族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Yánbiān Cháoxiǎnzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Koreans_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Koreans in China">Korean</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">연변 조선족 자치주</span></span> (<i>Yeonbyeon Joseonjok Jachiju</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yanji" title="Yanji">Yanji (Yeongil)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haibei_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haibei</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海北藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">མཚོ་བྱང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haiyan_County,_Qinghai" title="Haiyan County, Qinghai">Haiyan County</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Hainan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海南藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gonghe_County" title="Gonghe County">Gonghe County</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huangnan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Huangnan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">黄南藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">རྨ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang skyong khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tongren,_Qinghai" title="Tongren, Qinghai">Tongren</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golog_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Golog</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">果洛藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maq%C3%AAn_County" title="Maqên County">Maqên County</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">玉树藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai" title="Yushu City, Qinghai">Yushu</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海西蒙古族藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Mongolians_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Mongolians in China">Mongolian</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tibetans" title="Tibetans">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a>: <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 Mongolian","Mongolian Universal White","Mongol Usug","Mongolian White","MongolianScript","Code2000","Menksoft Qagan"}.mw-parser-output .font-mong-mnc,.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(mnc-Mong),.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(dta-Mong),.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(sjo-Mong){font-family:"Abkai Xanyan","Abkai Xanyan LA","Abkai Xanyan VT","Abkai Xanyan XX","Abkai Xanyan SC","Abkai Buleku","Daicing White","Mongolian Baiti","Noto Sans Mongolian","Mongolian Universal White"}</style><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;">ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠲᠥᠪᠡᠳ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ</span> (<i>Borotal a-yin mongγol ebereen öbertegen zasaqu ǰuu</i>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">མཚོ་ནུབ་སོག་རིགས་ཆ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delingha" title="Delingha">Delingha (Delhi)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ngawa_Tibetan_and_Qiang_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture">Ngawa</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">阿坝藏族羌族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Qiang_people" title="Qiang people">Qiang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་ཆ་བ༹ང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Rnga-ba Bod-rigs dang Chavang-rigs rang skyong khul</i>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Qiangic_languages" title="Qiangic languages">Qiangic</a>: Ggabba Shbea Rrmea nyujugvez zhou </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barkam" title="Barkam">Barkam</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garz%C3%AA_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Garzê</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">甘孜藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Dkar-mdzes Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kangding" title="Kangding">Kangding (Dartsedo)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liangshan_Yi_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture">Liangshan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">凉山彝族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yi language">Yi</a>: <span lang="ii">ꆃꎭꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꍏ</span> (<i>Niepsha Nuosu Zytjiejux dde Zho</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang" title="Xichang">Xichang (Op Rro)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kizilsu_Kirghiz_Autonomous_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture">Kizilsu</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_language" title="Kyrgyz language">Kyrgyz</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">قىزىلسۇۇ قىرعىز اپتونوم وبلاسى</span>‎ (<i>Kızılsuu Kırgız avtonom oblastı</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artux" class="mw-redirect" title="Artux">Artux</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bortala_Mongol_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture">Bortala</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">博尔塔拉蒙古自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Bó'ěrtǎlā Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Mongolians_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Mongolians in China">Mongolian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a>: <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;">ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠳᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ</span> (<i>Borotala mongγol ebereen zasaqu ǰuu</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bole,_Xinjiang" title="Bole, Xinjiang">Bole (Bortala)</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Changji_Hui_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture">Changji</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">昌吉回族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Chāngjí Huízú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>(<i>The Hui speak <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Xiao%27erjing" title="Xiao'erjing">Xiao'erjing</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">چَانْ‌ݣِ خُوِزُو زِجِجِوْ</span>‎ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Changji" title="Changji">Changji</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bayingolin_Mongol_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture">Bayingolin</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">巴音郭楞蒙古自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Mongolians_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Mongolians in China">Mongolian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a>: <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;">ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ</span> (<i>Bayangol mongγol ebereen zasaqu ǰuu</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Korla" title="Korla">Korla</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ili_Kazakh_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture">Ili</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Altay_Prefecture" title="Altay Prefecture">Altay</a>)<br />(<a href="/wiki/Tacheng_Prefecture" title="Tacheng Prefecture">Tacheng</a>) </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">伊犁哈萨克自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu</i></span><br />(<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">阿勒泰地区</span></span>)<br />(<span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Ālètài Dìqū</i></span>)<br />(<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">塔城地区</span></span>)<br />(<span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Tǎchéng Dìqū</i></span>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_language" title="Kazakh language">Kazakh</a>: <span title="Kazakh-language text"><span lang="kk-Arab" dir="rtl">ىله قازاق اۆتونومىيالى وبلىسى</span></span> (<i>İle Qazaq awtonomïyalıq oblısı</i>)<br />(<a href="/wiki/Kazakh_language" title="Kazakh language">Kazakh</a>: <span title="Kazakh-language text"><span lang="kk-Arab" dir="rtl">ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى</span></span>) (<i>Altay aymağı</i>)<br />(<a href="/wiki/Kazakh_language" title="Kazakh language">Kazakh</a>: <span title="Kazakh-language text"><span lang="kk-Arab" dir="rtl">تارباعاتاي ايماعى</span></span>) (<i>Tarbağatay aymağı</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yining_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Yining City">Yining (Ghulja)</a> city<br />(<a href="/wiki/Altay_City" title="Altay City">Altay</a> city)<br />(<a href="/wiki/Tacheng" title="Tacheng">Tacheng</a> city) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dehong_Dai_and_Jingpo_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture">Dehong</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">德宏傣族景颇族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dai_people" title="Dai people">Dai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jingpo_people" title="Jingpo people">Jingpo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tai_N%C3%BCa_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Nüa language">Tai Nüa</a> - <span title="Tai Nüa-language text"><span lang="tdd">ᥟᥪᥒᥱ ᥙᥪᥴ ᥓᥝᥲ ᥙᥩᥒ ᥛᥥᥝᥰ ᥖᥭᥰ ᥓᥤᥒ ᥚᥨᥲ ᥖᥬᥲ ᥑᥨᥒᥰ</span></span> (<i>Sakhkung Sam Jinghpo Amyu Madu Uphkang Mungdo</i>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Zaiwa_language" title="Zaiwa language">Zaiwa</a>:<span title="Zaiwa-language text"><i lang="atb">Sikung Sam Zaizo Byumyu Yumsing Upkang Mau</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangshi" title="Mangshi">Mangshi</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nujiang_Lisu_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture">Nujiang</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">怒江傈僳族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Nùjiāng Lìsùzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisu_people" title="Lisu people">Lisu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisu_language" title="Lisu language">Lisu</a>: ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ (<i>Nolmut lisu shit jilqait guatshit zhou</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lushui" title="Lushui">Lushui</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%AAq%C3%AAn_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Dêqên (Diqing)</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">迪庆藏族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1106655535"><span class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་</span> (<i>Bde-chen Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shangri-La,_Yunnan" title="Shangri-La, Yunnan">Shangri-La</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dali_Bai_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture">Dali</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">大理白族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Dàlǐ Báizú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bai_people" title="Bai people">Bai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bai_language" title="Bai language">Bai</a>: Darl•lit Baif•cuf zirl•zirl•zox </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dali,_Yunnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Dali, Yunnan">Dali</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuxiong_Yi_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture">Chuxiong</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">楚雄彝族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Chǔxióng Yízú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yi language">Yi</a>: <span lang="ii">ꀒꇐꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꍏ</span> (<i>Olu Nuosu Zytjiejux dde Zho</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuxiong_City" title="Chuxiong City">Chuxiong</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Honghe_Hani_and_Yi_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture">Honghe</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">红河哈尼族彝族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hani_people" title="Hani people">Hani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hani_language" title="Hani language">Hani</a>: Haoqhoq Haqniqssaq Haqhholssaq Ziiqziifzel<br /><a href="/wiki/Yi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yi language">Yi</a>: <span lang="ii">ꉼꉻꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꍏ</span> (<i>Hopho Nuosu Zytjiejux dde Zho</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mengzi_City" title="Mengzi City">Mengzi</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wenshan_Zhuang_and_Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture">Wenshan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">文山壮族苗族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Wenshān Zhuàngzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhuang_people" title="Zhuang people">Zhuang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhuang_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhuang language">Zhuang</a>: <i lang="za">Munzsanh Bouxcuengh Myauzcuz Swcicouh</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Hmong_language" title="Hmong language">Hmong</a>: Veej Sa Tsuaam Txhwj Mioj Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wenshan_City" title="Wenshan City">Wenshan</a> city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xishuangbanna_Dai_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture">Xishuangbanna (Sibsongbanna)</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">西双版纳傣族自治州</span></span><br /><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Xīshuāngbǎnnà Dǎizú Zìzhìzhōu</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dai_people" title="Dai people">Dai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tai_L%C3%BC_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Lü language">Tai Lü</a>: <span lang="khb">ᦈᦹᧈ ᦈᦹᧈ ᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ ᦘᦱ ᦉᦱ ᦺᦑ ᧑᧒ ᦗᧃ ᦓᦱ</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jinghong" title="Jinghong">Jinghong</a> city </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ethnic_composition_of_autonomous_prefectures">Ethnic composition of autonomous prefectures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_prefecture&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ethnic composition of autonomous prefectures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><b>Note:</b> * - denotes as the second titular ethnic group</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Autonomous<br />prefecture</th> <th rowspan="2">Year<br />established</th> <th rowspan="2">Province</th> <th colspan="3">Titular<br />ethnic group</th> <th colspan="3">Other<br />minorities </th> <th colspan="2">Han %</th> <th>Total<br />population </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>2000 </th> <th>2010 </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Bayingolin Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Xinjiang</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongolian people">Mongolian</a> </td> <td>3.40</td> <td>3.40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> </td> <td>31.83</td> <td>31.83 </td> <td>59.29</td> <td>59.29</td> <td>1,323,028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bortala Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Xinjiang</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongolian people">Mongolian</a> </td> <td>5.64</td> <td>5.66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> </td> <td>12.53</td> <td>13.32 </td> <td>67.19</td> <td>64.96</td> <td>482,615 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Changji Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Xinjiang</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>11.55</td> <td>9.52</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakh</a> </td> <td>7.98</td> <td>9.33 </td> <td>75.14</td> <td>75.31</td> <td>1,412,844 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chuxiong Prefecture</td> <td>1958</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td>26.31</td> <td>26.70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisu_people" title="Lisu people">Lisu</a> </td> <td>2.03</td> <td>1.98 </td> <td>67.45</td> <td>66.94</td> <td>2,615,109 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dali Prefecture</td> <td>1956</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bai_people" title="Bai people">Bai</a> </td> <td>32.80</td> <td>32.19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td>12.94</td> <td>13.02 </td> <td>50.35</td> <td>50.69</td> <td>3,525,706 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dehong Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dai_people" title="Dai people">Dai</a> </td> <td>30.14</td> <td>28.88</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jingpo_people" title="Jingpo people">Jingpo</a>* </td> <td>11.53</td> <td>11.09 </td> <td>50.66</td> <td>51.93</td> <td>1,124,432 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dêqên (Diqing) Prefecture</td> <td>1957</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>33.12</td> <td>32.36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisu_people" title="Lisu people">Lisu</a> </td> <td>27.78</td> <td>26.72 </td> <td>16.39</td> <td>18.34</td> <td>357,528 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Enshi Prefecture</td> <td>1983</td> <td>Hubei</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tujia_people" title="Tujia people">Tujia</a> </td> <td>45.00</td> <td>47.50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a>* </td> <td>5.45</td> <td>5.01 </td> <td>47.24</td> <td>45.32</td> <td>3,976,081 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gannan Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Gansu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>51.44</td> <td>54.64</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>6.43</td> <td>6.25 </td> <td>41.75</td> <td>38.70</td> <td>723,521 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Garzê Prefecture</td> <td>1950</td> <td>Sichuan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>78.37</td> <td>78.29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td>2.56</td> <td>2.66 </td> <td>18.24</td> <td>18.24</td> <td>1,060,632 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Golog Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Qinghai</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>91.63</td> <td>91.86</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>1.11</td> <td>0.96 </td> <td>6.59</td> <td>6.57</td> <td>173,541 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haibei Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Qinghai</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>24.15</td> <td>24.36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>30.58</td> <td>31.52 </td> <td>36.63</td> <td>35.88</td> <td>283,230 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hainan Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Qinghai</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>62.77</td> <td>66.31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td>6.97</td> <td>6.84 </td> <td>28.06</td> <td>24.84</td> <td>446,849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haixi Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Qinghai</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongol</a> </td> <td>7.23</td> <td>5.53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a>* </td> <td>12.16</td> <td>10.93 </td> <td>64.95</td> <td>66.01</td> <td>390,743 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Honghe Prefecture</td> <td>1957</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hani_people" title="Hani people">Hani</a> </td> <td>16.60</td> <td>17.55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a>* </td> <td>23.57 </td> <td>23.19 </td> <td>44.31</td> <td>42.85</td> <td>4,408,699 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Huangnan Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Qinghai</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>66.32</td> <td>68.55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongol</a> </td> <td>13.54</td> <td>13.98 </td> <td>7.54</td> <td>6.08</td> <td>254,033 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ili Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Xinjiang</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakh</a> </td> <td></td> <td>21.53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> </td> <td></td> <td>26.88 </td> <td></td> <td>35.22</td> <td>2,814,980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kizilsu Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Xinjiang</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a> </td> <td>28.32</td> <td>27.32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> </td> <td>63.98</td> <td>64.68 </td> <td>6.41</td> <td>6.78</td> <td>539,849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Liangshan Prefecture</td> <td>1952</td> <td>Sichuan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yi_people" title="Yi people">Yi</a> </td> <td>44.43</td> <td>49.13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>1.49</td> <td>1.39 </td> <td>51.97</td> <td>47.55</td> <td>4,789,421 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Linxia Prefecture</td> <td>1956</td> <td>Gansu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td></td> <td>31.59</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dongxiangs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongxiangs">Dongxiang</a> </td> <td></td> <td>25.99 </td> <td></td> <td>39.70</td> <td>2,103,259 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ngawa Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Sichuan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>53.72</td> <td>54.50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qiang_people" title="Qiang people">Qiang</a>* </td> <td>18.28</td> <td>17.58 </td> <td>24.69</td> <td>24.56</td> <td>898,846 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nujiang Prefecture</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisu_people" title="Lisu people">Lisu</a> </td> <td>47.13</td> <td>48.21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bai_people" title="Bai people">Bai</a> </td> <td>26.97</td> <td>26.04 </td> <td>13.13</td> <td>12.35</td> <td>520,765 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Qiandongnan Prefecture</td> <td>1956</td> <td>Guizhou</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td>41.48</td> <td>41.57</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dong_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dong people">Dong</a>* </td> <td>31.40</td> <td>29.02 </td> <td>19.3</td> <td>21.73</td> <td>4,535,015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Qiannan Prefecture</td> <td>1956</td> <td>Guizhou</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buyei" class="mw-redirect" title="Buyei">Buyei</a> </td> <td>32.46</td> <td>31.22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a>* </td> <td>13.37</td> <td>12.69 </td> <td>43.37</td> <td>44.84</td> <td>4,037,887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Qianxinan Prefecture</td> <td>1982</td> <td>Guizhou</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buyei" class="mw-redirect" title="Buyei">Buyei</a> </td> <td>30.04</td> <td>27.56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a>* </td> <td>7.51</td> <td>7.08 </td> <td>57.53</td> <td>60.62</td> <td>3,398,147 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wenshan Prefecture</td> <td>1958</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a> </td> <td>12.94</td> <td>13.68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhuang_people" title="Zhuang people">Zhuang</a>* </td> <td>30.04</td> <td>29.20 </td> <td>41.99</td> <td>42.69</td> <td>3,703,008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Xiangxi Prefecture</td> <td>1957</td> <td>Hunan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tujia_people" title="Tujia people">Tujia</a> </td> <td></td> <td>42.73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao</a>* </td> <td></td> <td>33.85 </td> <td></td> <td>22.85</td> <td>2,547,833 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Xishuangbanna (Sibsongbanna) Prefecture</td> <td>1953</td> <td>Yunnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dai_people" title="Dai people">Dai</a> </td> <td>29.89</td> <td>27.89</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hani_people" title="Hani people">Hani</a> </td> <td>18.73</td> <td>19.01 </td> <td>29.11</td> <td>30.03</td> <td>942,844 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yanbian Prefecture</td> <td>1952</td> <td>Jilin</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koreans_in_China" title="Koreans in China">Korean</a> </td> <td>36.26</td> <td>32.45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchu_people" title="Manchu people">Manchu</a> </td> <td>2.58</td> <td>2.52 </td> <td>60.70</td> <td>64.55</td> <td>2,190,763 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yushu Prefecture</td> <td>1951</td> <td>Qinghai</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> </td> <td></td> <td>96.49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> </td> <td></td> <td>0.22 </td> <td></td> <td>3.09</td> <td>373,427 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_autonomous_prefectures_of_China">Former autonomous prefectures of China</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_prefecture&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Former autonomous prefectures of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Li-Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainan Li-Miao Autonomous Prefecture">Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture</a> (1952–1988) in <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>, abolished because of the establishment of Hainan Province.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wuzhong,_Ningxia" title="Wuzhong, Ningxia">Hedong Hui Autonomous Prefecture</a> (1954–1955) in <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a>, later changed name as <a href="/wiki/Wuzhong,_Ningxia" title="Wuzhong, Ningxia">Wuzhong Hui Autonomous Prefecture</a> (1955–1958), abolished because of the establishment of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyuan" title="Guyuan">Xihaigu Hui Autonomous Prefecture</a> (1953–1955) in <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a>, later changed name as <a href="/wiki/Guyuan" title="Guyuan">Guyuan Hui Autonomous Prefecture</a> (1955–1958), abolished because of the establishment of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.</li> <li>Guixi Zhuang Autonomous Prefecture (sub-provincial level, 1953–1955) in Guangxi Province, abolished because of the establishment of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.</li> <li>Bayinhot Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (1954–1956) in <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a>, included today's <a href="/wiki/Dengkou_County" title="Dengkou County">Dengkou County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alxa_League" title="Alxa League">Alxa League</a>. The autonomy abolished after it merged into <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region">Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_prefecture_level_units_with_a_population_of_30%_or_more_of_ethnic_minorities"><span id="Administrative_prefecture_level_units_with_a_population_of_30.25_or_more_of_ethnic_minorities"></span>Administrative prefecture level units with a population of 30% or more of ethnic minorities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_prefecture&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Administrative prefecture level units with a population of 30% or more of ethnic minorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Excluding prefecture level units of autonomous regions in 2000.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Hebei: <a href="/wiki/Chengde" title="Chengde">Chengde</a> (Han - 55.32%, Manchu - 39.87%)</li> <li>Liaoning: <a href="/wiki/Benxi" title="Benxi">Benxi</a> (Han - 66.84%, Manchu - 30.22%), <a href="/wiki/Dandong" title="Dandong">Dandong</a> (Han - 64.11%, Manchu - 32.99%)</li> <li>Hunan: <a href="/wiki/Zhangjiajie" title="Zhangjiajie">Zhangjiajie</a> (Tujia - 68.40%, Han - 22.81%), <a href="/wiki/Huaihua" title="Huaihua">Huaihua</a> (Han - 61.33%, Dong - 17.42%, Miao - 15.63%)</li> <li>Guizhou: <a href="/wiki/Anshun" title="Anshun">Anshun</a> (Han - 61.6%, Buyei - 16.92%, Miao - 14.27%), <a href="/wiki/Tongren,_Guizhou" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongren, Guizhou">Tongren</a> (Tujia - 37.81%, Han - 31.76%, Miao - 14.87%, Dong - 11.41%)</li> <li>Yunnan: <a href="/wiki/Yuxi" title="Yuxi">Yuxi</a> (Han - 68,18%, Yi - 19,32%), <a href="/wiki/Puer_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Puer City">Pu'er</a> (Han - 40,92%, Hani - 16,98%, Yi - 16.58%, Lahu - 11.47%), <a href="/wiki/Lijiang,_Yunnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Lijiang, Yunnan">Lijiang</a> (Han - 42.71%, Nakhi 20.51%, Yi - 18.68%, Lisu - 9.62%), <a href="/wiki/Lincang" title="Lincang">Lincang</a> (Han - 61.22%, Dai - 15.77%, Lahu and Va - 9.76%)</li> <li>Qinghai: <a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a> (Han - 56.33%, Hui - 20.38%, Tibetan - 9.2%, Tu - 8.06%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_prefecture&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prefecture-level_divisions_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prefecture-level divisions of China">List of prefecture-level divisions of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tusi" title="Tusi">Tusi</a> Native Chieftain System</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_China" 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Common_English_terms39" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Common English terms</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insular_area" title="Insular area">Insular area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_area" title="Local government area">Local government area</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Half-canton" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-canton">Half-canton</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital" title="Federal capital">Federal capital</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capital_city#Origins" title="Capital city">Imperial capital</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_city" title="Autonomous city">Autonomous city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter city">Charter city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated city">Incorporated city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial city">Imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Free imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_free_city" title="Royal free city">Royal free city</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_(administrative_division)" title="Community (administrative division)">Community</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residential_community" title="Residential community">Residential 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title="Regional county municipality">Regional county municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viscountcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscountcy">Viscounty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas country">Overseas country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_(administrative_division)" title="Department (administrative division)">Department</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">Overseas department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Manitoba#Local_government_districts" title="List of municipalities in Manitoba">Local government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">Metropolitan district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_district" title="Military district">Military district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_district" title="Municipal district">Municipal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_district" title="Police district">Police district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">Regional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">Rural district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanitary_district" title="Sanitary district">Sanitary district</a></li> <li>Service district <ul><li><a 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title="Municipality">Municipality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="City municipality">City municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_municipality" title="County municipality">County municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality" title="Direct-controlled municipality">Direct-controlled municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_municipality" title="District municipality">District municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutral municipality">Neutral municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_municipality" title="Regional municipality">Regional municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resort_municipality" title="Resort municipality">Resort municipality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_resort_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain resort municipality">Mountain resort municipality</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_municipality" title="Rural municipality">Rural municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specialized_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialized municipality">Specialized municipality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prefecture" title="Prefecture">Prefecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Autonomous prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subprefecture" title="Subprefecture">Subprefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super-prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Super-prefecture">Super-prefecture</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Praetorian_prefecture" title="Praetorian prefecture">Praetorian prefecture</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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region">Autonomous region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_region" title="Capital region">Capital region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_region" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital region">National capital region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_region" title="Development region">Development region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(geography)" title="Mesoregion (geography)">Mesoregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microregion" title="Microregion">Microregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas region">Overseas region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subregion_(administrative_division)" title="Subregion (administrative division)">Subregion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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