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Autonomous regions of China
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The autonomous regions (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū) are one of four types of province-level divisions of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under the law of the People's Republic of China, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the right to "formulate self-government regulations and other separate regulations."[1] An autonomous region is the highest level of minority autonomous entity in China, which has a comparably higher population of a particular minority ethnic group.
Not to be confused with Special administrative regions of China.
For the five autonomous regions, see Guangxi, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang), and Xinjiang.
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Category | Unitary state |
Location | China |
Number | 5 (Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang) |
Populations | 110,879,058[lower-alpha 1] |
Areas | 4,380,000 km2 (1,690,000 sq mi)[lower-alpha 2] |
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There are five autonomous regions in China: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang), and Xinjiang (Chinese Turkestan).