Blang
The Blang (also Bulang ; Chinese 布朗族 , Pinyin Bùlǎngzú ) are one of the 56 officially recognized nationalities of the People's Republic of China . According to the last census in 2010, they counted 119,692 people. Most of them live in Yunnan . The language of the Blang belongs to the Mon-Khmer language group of the Austro-Asian languages . A script does not exist. In addition to belief in ghosts and spirits, Hinayana Buddhism is widespread.
Distribution of the Blang at the provincial level according to the data of the 2010 census (reference date November 1, 2010)
area | number | proportion of |
---|---|---|
People's Republic of China | 119,692 | 100.00% |
Yunnan | 116,573 | 97.39% |
Guangdong | 495 | 0.41% |
Shandong | 317 | 0.26% |
Zhejiang | 300 | 0.25% |
Chongqing | 288 | 0.24% |
Jiangsu | 265 | 0.22% |
Fujian | 226 | 0.19% |
Sichuan | 164 | 0.14% |
Hunan | 138 | 0.12% |
Shanghai | 133 | 0.11% |
Hainan | 120 | 0.10% |
Guangxi | 81 | 0.068% |
Henan | 80 | 0.067% |
Anhui | 78 | 0.065% |
Beijing | 68 | 0.057% |
VBA | 53 | 0.044% |
Hebei | 50 | 0.042% |
Guizhou | 49 | 0.041% |
Hubei | 36 | 0.030% |
Jiangxi | 31 | 0.026% |
Xinjiang | 23 | 0.019% |
Shanxi | 22nd | 0.018% |
Tianjin | 21st | 0.018% |
Liaoning | 19th | 0.016% |
Inner Mongolia | 15th | 0.013% |
Heilongjiang | 12 | 0.010% |
Gansu | 12 | 0.010% |
Jilin | 9 | 0.008% |
Shaanxi | 6th | 0.005% |
Tibet | 4th | 0.003% |
Qinghai | 2 | 0.002% |
Ningxia | 2 | 0.002% |
See also
Web links
- The Blang ethnic minority (Chinese government side)