Zhuang people
The Zhuang people (;) 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-Nung, 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.
References
Citations
Sources
Barlow, J. (2005). The Zhuang: A Longitudinal Study of Their History and Their Culture. https: //web. archive. org/web/20070206210848/http: //mcel. pacificu. edu/as/resources/ZHUANG/index. html
Wang Mingfu, Eric Johnson (2008). Zhuang Cultural and Linguistic Heritage. The Nationalities Publishing House of Yunnan. .
A Senior City Police Officer Pursues His Roots In China, By Marvine Howe, New York Times, November 14,1985.
Further reading
Other websites
The Zhuang: A Longitudinal Study of Their History and Their Culture, by Jeffrey Barlow
Map share of ethnic by county of China
Ethnic groups in China