Autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China

An autonomous region is a first-level administrative subdivision of People's Republic of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but an autonomous region theoretically has more legislative rights. An Autonomous Region is a minority entity which has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic group. There are five autonomous regions in China: the Tibetans in Tibet, the Zhuangs in Guangxi, the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the Mongols in Inner Mongolia, and the Huis in Ningxia.

List of autonomous regions

Former autonomous regions of China

Notes

See also

• Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China
• Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

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