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Ch'iang, Chiang-Min, Erma | |
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Total population | |
300,000+ | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sichuan, China: 300,000 | |
Languages | |
Qiangic languages, Southwestern Mandarin | |
Religion | |
Qiang folk religion, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and Islam |
Qiang people | |
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Qiangic name | |
Qiangic | Rrmea |
The Qiang people (Qiangic: Rrmea; Chinese: 羌族; pinyin: Qiāngzú) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 310,000 in 2000.[1] They live mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan (Szechwan) on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.[2]