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Basic Facts About the 155 Ethnic Autonomous Areas
(by the end of 2003)
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Name of Ethnic Autonomous Area
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Time of Founding |
Capital |
Area (square km) |
Population
(thousand) |
Proportion of Ethnic Minority Population in the Total (%) |
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Five Autonomous Regions |
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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |
May 1, 1947 |
Hohhot City |
1,197,547 |
23,796.1 |
21.25 |
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Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region |
March 15, 1958 |
Nanning City |
237,693 |
48,570.0 |
38.17 |
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Tibet Autonomous Region |
Sept. 1, 1965 |
Lhasa City |
1,247,910 |
2,592.1 |
95.93 |
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Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region |
Oct. 25, 1958 |
Yinchuan City |
62,818 |
5,801.9 |
35.52 |
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Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |
Oct. 1, 1955 |
Urumqi City |
1,655,826 |
19,339.5 |
60.13 |
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30 Autonomous Prefectures |
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Jilin Province |
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Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture |
Sept. 3, 1952 |
Yanji City |
42,700 |
2,185.7 |
40.89 |
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Hubei Province |
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Enshi Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture |
Dec. 1, 1983 |
Enshi City |
23,942 |
3,817.9 |
52.80 |
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Hunan Province |
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Xiangxi Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture |
Sept. 20, 1957 |
Jishou City |
15,461 |
2,655.5 |
74.59 |
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Sichuan Province |
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Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture |
Jan. 1, 1953 |
Ma¡¯erkang County |
84,242 |
847.1 |
73.35 |
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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture |
Oct. 1, 1952 |
Xichang City |
60,423 |
4,154.8 |
47.34 |
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Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
Nov. 24, 1950 |
Kangding County |
152,629 |
904.9 |
81.73 |
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Guizhou Province |
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Qiandongnan Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture |
July 23, 1956 |
Kaili City |
30,337 |
4,193.8 |
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