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	097.39%
Guangdong	000 495	000.41%
Shandong	000 317	000.26%
Zhejiang	000 300	000.25%
Chongqing	000 288	000.24%
Jiangsu	000 265	000.22%
Fujian	000 226	000.19%
Sichuan	000 164	000.14%
Hunan	000 138	000.12%
Shanghai	000 133	000.11%
Hainan	000 120	000.10%
Guangxi	0000 81	000.068%
Henan	0000 80	000.067%
Anhui	0000 78	000.065%
Beijing	0000 68	000.057%
VBA	0000 53	000.044%
Hebei	0000 50	000.042%
Guizhou	0000 49	000.041%
Hubei	0000 36	000.030%
Jiangxi	0000 31	000.026%
Xinjiang	0000 23	000.019%
Shanxi	0000 22nd	000.018%
Tianjin	0000 21st	000.018%
Liaoning	0000 19th	000.016%
Inner Mongolia	0000 15th	000.013%
Heilongjiang	0000 12	000.010%
Gansu	0000 12	000.010%
Jilin	00000 9	000.008%
Shaanxi	00000 6th	000.005%
Tibet	00000 4th	000.003%
Qinghai	00000 2	000.002%
Ningxia	00000 2	000.002%

See also

Peoples of china

Web links

• The Blang ethnic minority (Chinese government side)