Zhuang facts for kids
Zhuang people in ethnic clothes, Guangnan, 2008
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| Total population | |
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| 18 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 China (Particularly Guangxi) |
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| Languages | |
| Zhuang languages, Cantonese, Mandarin, Pinghua | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous Zhuang Shigongism (Moism) Minority Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Buyei Tày, Tai/Dai and Nung (Vietnam) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 壮族 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 壯族 or 僮族 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhuàngzú | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 佈僮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bùzhuàng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thai | จ้วง | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RTGS | Chuang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Zhuang | Bouxcuengh (pronounced //) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Zhuang people (Chinese: 壮族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh) are a Kra-Dai speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. With the Buyi, Tay–Nùng, and other northern Tai speakers, they are sometimes known as the Rau or Rao. Their population, estimated at 18 million people, makes them the largest minority in China.
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