How many nationalities are there in Henan?

There are 55 ethnic minorities in Henan province, and the Han population accounts for 98.78% of the total population. In addition to the Han nationality, there are 55 ethnic minorities such as Hui, Mongolian, Manchu, Tujia, Zhuang, Uygur and Miao, accounting for 1.22% of the total population.

Henan is a typical ethnic minority scattered province, and the population of ethnic minorities ranks first in the provinces that have not established ethnic autonomous areas. The composition of 56 ethnic groups in the province is complete. Among the ethnic minorities in this province, the Hui nationality has the largest population, ranking third in the country.

There are also 9 1500 Mongolians and 75,800 Manchus. The population of ethnic minorities in Henan is distributed in 158 counties (cities, districts) in the whole province, showing the remarkable characteristics of large dispersion and small settlement.

On why there are ethnic minorities in Henan and how Henan people come from;

There is a saying that they immigrated from Shanxi. As for immigration, there are many ways, probably because people have a hard life and don't want to live in a war-torn place, so they move to other places.

Coupled with the excessive exploitation of the people by the rulers at that time, they did not give the people food. No matter how good the Central Plains is, I believe no one wants to stay in the Central Plains, so they can only emigrate, and Henan is the first choice.

Extended data:

Compared with inland coastal Han nationality areas, the population density of ethnic minority areas is quite different. For example, the population density of Xizang Autonomous Region, where ethnic minorities live in compact communities, is only 65,438+0.8 people per square kilometer.

Two characteristics of minority population distribution:

First, small settlements and large mixed settlements.

The minority population is mainly concentrated in the southwest, northwest and northeast provinces. There are ethnic minorities living in five autonomous regions, 30 autonomous prefectures, 120 autonomous counties (banners) and more than 200 ethnic townships in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Guangxi and Ningxia. But there are many Han people living together in these areas, and the proportion is quite high.

Second, it is widely distributed, but mainly concentrated in the western and border areas.

China has 1 1 provinces and regions, and there are 56 ethnic groups, accounting for 35.5% of the national 3 1 provinces and regions. Although ethnic minorities are widely distributed, their population is still mainly concentrated in the west and border areas. China's land border is more than 20 thousand kilometers long, most of which are ethnic minority areas.

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