Autonomous prefectureAutonomous prefectures (Chinese: 自治州; pinyin: zìzhìzhōu) are one type of autonomous administrative division in China, existing at the prefectural level, with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being, most commonly, the historic home of significant minorities. The official name of an autonomous prefecture includes the most significant minority in that region, sometimes two, rarely three.
GansuProvince in Northwestern ChinaProvince in ChinaTibetan nameTibetanཀན་སུའུ་ཞིང་ཆེན།Mongolian nameMongolian CyrillicГаньсү мужMongolian scriptᠭᠠᠨᠰᠤ ᠮᠤᠵᠢUyghur nameUyghurگەنسۇ ئۆلكىسىKazakh nameKazakhگانسۋ ولكەسىГаньсу өлкесіGansu ölkesiGansu is a province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province.
LanzhouLanzhou, formerly Lanchow, is the capital and largest city of Gansuprovince in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. Historically, it has been a major link on the Northern Silk Road and it stands to become a major hub on the New Eurasian Land Bridge. The city is also a center for heavy industry and the petrochemical industry.
Bonan peopleThe Bonan people (Chinese: 保安族; pinyin: Bǎo'ānzú) are an ethno-linguistic group distinct from all other Mongolic peoples, living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in Northwestern China. They are one of the "titular nationalities" of Gansu's Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, which is located south of the Yellow River, near Gansu's border with Qinghai.
Hui peopleThe Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2020 census, China is home to approximately 11.3 million Hui people.
MuslimsMuslims (Arabic: المسلمون, romanized: al-Muslimūn, lit. 'submitters [to God]') are people who are adherents of Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or Allah) as it was revealed to Muhammad, the last Islamic prophet.
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Xiao'erjingXiaojingTraditional Chinese小經Simplified Chinese小经Literal meaningminor scriptXiaojingTraditional Chinese消經Simplified Chinese消经Xiao'erjingثِیَوْݣٍْLiteral meaningrevised scriptTraditional Chinese charactersTraditional Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being simplified characters. Traditional characters predominated in written Chinese, the historical lingua franca of East Asia, until the mid-20th century. Today, they are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia.
QinghaiTibetan nameTibetanམཚོ་སྔོན།Mongolian nameMongolian CyrillicХөхнуурMongolian scriptᠬᠥᠬᠡᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷManchu nameManchu scriptᡥᡠᡥᡠᠨᠣᠣᡵRomanizationHuhu NoorOirat nameOiratKokonurThis article contains Mongolian script. Without proper , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of text in Mongolian script.
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