page_title: Zhuang people
hierarchical_section_title: Zhuang people
caption_attribution_description: China's ethnic Zhuang people and their costumes, Guangnan County, Yunnan Province.
context_page_description: The Zhuang people are a Tai-speaking East Asian 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–Nùng 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.
context_section_description: The Zhuang people (Chinese: 壮族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh) are a Tai-speaking East Asian 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–Nùng 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.
caption: Zhuang people in ethnic clothes, Guangnan, 2008
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