The Yao people is a government classification for various minorities in China and Vietnam. They are one of the 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities in China and reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south. They also form one of the 54 ethnic groups officially recognized by Vietnam. They numbered 2,796,003 in the 2010 Chinese census and 891,151 in the 2019 Vietnamese census. In the United States, about 60,000 Yao of the Iu Mien branch reside mostly in the Western coastal states.
Jiutai is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, Northeast China. The district is surrounded by agricultural areas and is located around 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of downtown Changchun. Coal mining also is present in Jiutai. It borders Dehui to the north, Erdao District to the southwest, Kuancheng District to the west, as well as the prefecture-level city of Jilin to the south and east.
Meihekou is a city of 600,000 in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and 2 national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment point in the region as it is also the junction of two trunk roads, connected to Liaoyuan in the northwest. The city is administratively a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Tonghua, and is its northernmost county-level division.
Beipiao is a city in Chaoyang prefecture, Liaoning province, in Northeast China. It has a population of 202,807. The main industry in the area is coal mining. With vertical shafts of almost 1000m, these are some of the deepest coal mines in China. The coal produced is used for coking. Daheishan National Forest Park is located in the northwestern part of Beipiao city.
Huanren Manchu Autonomous County, formerly Huairen County, is a county under the administration of Benxi City, in eastern Liaoning province, China, bordering Jilin to the east. It is also one of 11 Manchu autonomous counties and one of 117 autonomous counties nationally. As a county, Huanren was established in 1877. It was reorganised as an autonomous county in 1989 with approval of the State Council. The county covers 3,362 square kilometres (1,298 sq mi) and has 293,505 population, and Huanren Town is its seat.
Zunhua is a county-level city in the northeast of Hebei province, China, bordering Tianjin to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tangshan. Historic sites include the Eastern Qing Tombs.
Wuchang is a county-level city of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, it borders Acheng District to the north, Shangzhi to the northeast, Shuangcheng District to the northwest, and Jilin Province to the south and the west.
Chaoxianzu, is the Korean (Joseon) ethnic group in China with Chinese nationality, also known as Korean-Chinese, is one of the 56 recognized ethnic groups by the Government of People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party and part of Koreans in China. Chaoxianzu are Chinese nationals mostly born in China. "Chaoxianzu" is an official term used in China and globally.
Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south. Jinping is home to the Red-headed Yao (红头瑶族) minority group who wear a pointed red hat on their heads after they get married.
Qiubei County is under the administration of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in southeast Yunnan province, China.
Yi County or Yixian is a county in west-central Liaoning Province, China, and is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhou. Fengguo Temple, dating from 1020, is located in the county seat.
Longhua County is a county in the northeast of Hebei province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the east. It is under the administration of Chengde City.
Lingyuan is a city in the west of Liaoning province in Northeast China, bordering Hebei province and Inner Mongolia. It is under the administration of Chaoyang City, which lies 94 kilometres (58 mi) to the east-northeast.
Dangpudi Manchu Ethnic Township is an ethnic township located in the Songshan District of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. The ethnic township contains a large ethnically Manchu population, spans an area of 386 square kilometres (149 sq mi), and has a hukou population of 41,822 as of 2018.
Ethnic townships in Liupanshui except Liuzhi. Light green - Yi. Blue - Miao. Dark green - Bouyei
Ethnic townships in Bijie. Light green - Yi. Blue - Miao. Dark green - Bouyei
Ethnic townships in South-Eastern Hunan. Blue - Yao.
Ethnic townships in South Sichuan: Yibin and Luzhou. Light green - Yi. Blue - Miao.
Ethnic townships in Central Sichuan Ya'an and Garzê. Light green - Yi. Red - Tibetan.
Ethnic townships in Sichuan Mianyang. Purple - Qiang. Red - Tibetan.
Ethnic townships in Yunnan Zhenxiong. Light green - Yi. Blue - Miao.
Ethnic townships in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou. Light green - Yi. Blue - Miao.
Ethnic townships in Yunnan Qujing. Light green - Yi. Blue - Miao. Red - Zhuang. Dark green - Bouyei. Yellow - Shui
