Mongols in China

Mongols in China

Mongols in China

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Ethnic Mongols (蒙古族) in China This map shows the Mongol autonomous subjects in the PRC
Total population (5,981,840[1][2] Buryats · Southern Mongols ·Oirats (2010)) Regions with significant populations Inner Mongolia · Qinghai · Xinjiang Languages Mongolian · Oirat · Buryat Religion Mongolian shamanism · Tibetan Buddhism ·Islam Related ethnic groups Mongols

Mongol ambassadors to the Chinese court. Nieuhof: L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665

Chinese Mongols (Chinese: 蒙古族; pinyin: Měnggǔzú) are citizens of the People's Republic of China who are ethnic Mongols. They form one of the 55 ethnic minoritiesofficially recognized by the People's Republic of China. There are approximately 5.8 million people classified as ethnic Mongols living in China. Most of them live in Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, Xinjiang, etc. The Mongol population in China is over twice that of the sovereign state of Mongolia.

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• 1Regional distribution
• 2Classification
• 3Related groups
• 4Notable people
• 5Gallery
• 6See also
• 7References
  
  • 7.1Citations
  • 7.2Sources
  
  
• 8Further reading
• 9External links

Regional distribution[edit]

The Mongols in China are divided between autonomous regions and provinces as follows:

• 68.72%: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
• 2.96%: Jilin Province
• 2.92%: Hebei Province
• 2.58%: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
• 2.43%: Heilongjiang Province
• 1.48%: Qinghai Province
• 1.41%: Henan Province
• 5.98%: Rest of mainland China

Besides the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, there are other Mongol autonomous administrative subdivisions in China.
On prefecture level:

• Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qinghai)
• Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
• Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

On county level:

• Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County (Hebei)
• Harqin Left Mongol Autonomous County (Liaoning)
• Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County (Liaoning)
• Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County (Jilin)
• Dorbod Mongol Autonomous County (Heilongjiang)
• Subei Mongol Autonomous County (Gansu)
• Henan Mongol Autonomous County (Qinghai)
• Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County (Xinjiang)

Classification[edit]

China classifies diffent Mongolian groups like Buryats and Oirats into the same single category as Mongol along with Inner Mongols. A non-Mongolic ethnic group, the Tuvans are also classified as Mongols by China.[3] The official language used for all of these Mongols in China is a literary standard based on the Chahar dialect of Mongol.[4]
Related groups[edit]

Not all groups of people related to the medieval Mongols are officially classified as Mongols under the current system. Other official ethnic groups in China which speak Mongolic languages include:

• the Dongxiang of Gansu Province
• the Monguor of Qinghai and Gansu Provinces
• the Daur of Inner Mongolia
• the Bonan of Gansu Province
• some of the Yugurs of Gansu Province (other Yugurs speak a Turkic language)

Notable people[edit]

• Sengge Rinchen, Qing dynasty nobleman and general
• Ulanhu, politician, former Chairman of Inner Mongolia, former Vice President of the People's Republic
• Bayanqolu, Communist Party Secretary of Jilin province, former Party Secretary of Ningbo
• Uyunqimg, former Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
• Fu Ying, Deputy Foreign Minister, former ambassador to the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Philippines
• Li Siguang, geologist, founder of China's geomechanics
• Yang Shixian, chemist, chancellor of Nankai University
• Siqin Gaowa, actress
• Mengke Bateer, CBA and NBA basketball player
• Bao Xishun, one of the tallest people in the world
• Tengger, a pop/rock musician
• Buren Bayaer, singer, composer and a disc jockey
• Uudam, child singer
• Huugjilt, man wrongfully executed in 1996
• Zhang Xiaoping,
• Chinggeltei (1924–2013), linguist, one of the world's few experts on the Khitan language
• Jalsan, linguist and Buddhist leader
• Batdorj-in Baasanjab, actor
• Xiao Qian academic
• Bai Xue lawyer and legal academic
• Bai Yansong, TV anchor
• Han Lei, pop singer
• Wang Lijun, disgraced police chief and political figure
• Bai Wenqi, lieutenant general of the PLA Air Force
• Ulan - deputy party chief of Hunan province

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