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Autonomous regions of China

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Autonomous regions of China[1] are areas with very large numbers of ethnic minorities living in them. Their local government is similar to a province, but unlike provinces, minority languages are often co-official alongside the Chinese language, and some laws are written to meet the needs of the minority groups. China's five autonomous regions are the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,[2] the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (East Turkestan), and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Their shortened names are Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Ningxia respectively. The largest minority group in each region are the Zhuang, the Mongol, the Tibetan, the Uighur, and the Hui people respectively.[3][4][5][6]

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  1. "中华人民共和国民族区域自治法". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  2. "第四次全国人口普查公报(第2号)". web.archive.org. 2012-06-19. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2024-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities in China (2005)". web.archive.org. 2021-05-01. Archived from the original on 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  4. "中华人民共和国民族区域自治法". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  5. "第二次全国人口普查数据". web.archive.org. 2012-09-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2024-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census[1] (No. 2)". web.archive.org. 2013-07-27. Archived from the original on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2024-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)