Qiang people
Ch'iang, Chiang-Min, Erma | |
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| Total population | |
| 312,981 (2020 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sichuan, China: 300,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Qiangic languages, Southwestern Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Qiang folk religion, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity, Islam |
| Qiang people | |
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| Qiangic name | |
| Qiangic | Rrmea |
The Qiang people (Qiangic: Rrmea; Chinese: 羌族; pinyin: Qiāngzú) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 312,981 in 2020. They live mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan (Szechwan) on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.