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Manchu

Manchu
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
Total population
10,430,000
(worldwide)
10,410,585
0.77% of China's population
(estimate)
Regions with significant populations
 People's Republic of China 10,410,585
 Republic of China (Taiwan) 12,000
Languages
almost all Mandarin Chinese, only about 10 speak Manchu
Religion
Mostly non-religious. Manchu shamanism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Evenks, Nanai, Oroqen, Udege, Xibe
and other Tungusic peoples

The Manchu  (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ; Möllendorff: manju; Abkai: manju; simplified Chinese: 满族; traditional Chinese: 滿族; pinyin: Mǎnzú; Wade–Giles: Man3-tsu2) are an ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. They are sometimes called "red-tasseled Manchus", a reference to the ornamentation on traditional Manchu hats. The Later Jin (1616-1636), and Qing dynasty (1636–1912) are established by Manchus, who are descended from the Jurchen people who earlier established the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in China.

Manchus form the largest branch of the Tungusic peoples and are distributed throughout China, forming the fourth largest ethnic group in the country. They can be found in 31 Chinese provincial regions. They also form the largest minority group in China without an autonomous region. Among them, Liaoning has the largest population and Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia and Beijing have over 100,000 Manchu residents. About half of the population live in Liaoning and one-fifth in Hebei. There are a number of Manchu autonomous counties in China, such as Xinbin, Xiuyan, Qinglong, Fengning, Yitong, Qingyuan, Weichang, Kuancheng, Benxi, Kuandian, Huanren, Fengcheng, Beizhen and over 300 Manchu towns and townships.


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