Yunnan

Yunnan ({{zh-stp |s=云南 |t=雲南 |p=Yúnnán}}; Vietnamese: Vân Nam) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country.

Demographics

Yunnan is known to have the greatest number of ethnic groups for any province in China, and is working hard in preserving the culture, heritage, and languages of these diverse peoples:

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• Achang (Dehong)
• Bai (Dali)
• Bulang
• Dai
• Gelao
• Hani (or Akha)
• Han (The majority)
• Hui (mostly Muslims)
• Jino
• Jingpo
• Lisu
• Miao (or Hmong)
• Mosuo (Lijiang)
• Naxi
• Pumi (Lijiang)
• Wa (Lincang)
• Yi
• Yao
• Zang (or kham Tibetan)
• Zhuang(or Buyi)

All of these minorities were classified by the government, however inside some groups, there exist subgroups of people that can be completely different in customs and languages compared to another subgroup in the same group.

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