What ethnic group has the most people in Baiyin City, Gansu Province?

The Han nationality has the largest population in Baiyin City, Gansu Province, accounting for 98% of the total population of Baiyin City. Among the ethnic minority populations, the Hui are the largest.

Baiyin City is a multi-ethnic area with a total population of 1.7 million. There are 31 ethnic minorities including Hui, Manchu and Tibetan, with a population of 31,017, accounting for 1.8% of the total population of Baiyin City. Among them, the Muslim population is 27,940. There are 6 ethnic minority groups including Hui, Uyghur, Kazakh, Dongxiang, Salar, and Baoan, accounting for 90% of the total ethnic minority population. The city’s ethnic minorities are mainly distributed in 6 neighborhood committees, 22 towns, 63 villages and 215 communities.

As of 2014, Baiyin City governs Baiyin and Pingchuan districts and three counties: Jingyuan, Jingtai, and Huining. It has 64 townships, 17 towns, 8 sub-district offices, and 79 residents. committees and 816 village committees. Baiyin City covers an area of ??21,209 square kilometers and has a population of 1,708,751 people.

Baiyin City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province. It is located in the middle of Gansu Province, in the transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Tengger Desert. It governs Baiyin and Pingchuan districts and three counties: Jingyuan, Jingtai and Huining. The municipal government is located in Baiyin District.