Ethnic Mongols in China
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| Total population | |
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| (5,981,840Buryats · 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 |
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 minorities officially 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.
The Mongols in China are divided between autonomous regions and provinces as follows:
Besides the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, there are other Mongol autonomous administrative subdivisions in China.
On prefecture level:
On county level:
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. The official language used for all of these Mongols in China is a literary standard based on the Chahar dialect of Mongol.
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:
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