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Ethnic township
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese民族乡
Traditional Chinese民族鄉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmínzú xiāng
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄣˊ   ㄗㄨˊ   ㄒㄧㄤ
Gwoyeu Romatzyhmintzwu shiang
Wade–Gilesmin2-tsu2 hsiang1
Yale Romanizationmíndzú syāng
IPA[mǐn.tsǔ.ɕjáŋ]
Ethnic town
Simplified Chinese民族镇
Traditional Chinese民族鎮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmínzú zhèn
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄣˊ   ㄗㄨˊ   ㄓㄣˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyhmintzwu jenn
Wade–Gilesmin2-tsu2 chên4
Yale Romanizationmíndzú jèn
IPA[mǐn.tsǔ.ʈʂə̂n]
Ethnic sum
Simplified Chinese民族苏木
Traditional Chinese民族蘇木
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmínzú sūmù
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄣˊ   ㄗㄨˊ
ㄙㄨ   ㄇㄨˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyhmintzwu sumuh
Wade–Gilesmin2-tsu2 su1-mu4
Yale Romanizationmíndzú sūmù
IPA[mǐn.tsǔ sú.mû]
Zhuang name
Zhuangminzcuz yangh
minzcuz cinq
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl민족향
Hancha民族鄕
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationminjok hyang
McCune–Reischauerminjok hyang
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicүндэстэний шиян
Mongolian scriptᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCündüsüten-ü siyaŋ
Uyghur name
Uyghurمىللىي يېزا
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqimilliy yëza
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ
Möllendorffuksura gašan
Kazakh name
Kazakhۇلتتىق اۋىل
Ұлттық ауыл
Ūlttyq auyl
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzۇلۇتتۇق ايىل
Улуттук айыл
Uluttuq ajyl
Daur name
Dauraimn tors

Ethnic townships (officially translated as nationality townships[1]), ethnic towns, and ethnic sums are fourth-level administrative units designated for ethnic minorities of political divisions in the People's Republic of China. They are not considered to be autonomous and do not enjoy the laws pertaining to the larger ethnic autonomous areas such as autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, autonomous counties, and autonomous banners. However, what defines an ethnic township is that the law requires that its head of government be a member of the titular ethnic minority.[2]

The only ethnic sum is the Evenk Ethnic Sum in Old Barag Banner, Inner Mongolia.

Numbers of ethnic townships, towns, and sums

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Year Quantity of ethnic townships, towns, and sums
1986 2936
1988 1571
1990 1980
1997 1545
2000 1356
2001 1165
2002 1160
2003 1147
2004 1126
2010 1098
2013 1035
2021 959

List of ethnic townships and ethnic towns

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She ethnic townships in Fujian
Major Autonomous areas within Guizhou. (excluding Hui)
Blue - miao. Dark green- Bouyei
Blue - miao. Brown- tujia. red - dong
  • none
She ethnic townships in Jiangxi

Shangrao Municipality

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Taiyuan She-nation Ethnic Township (太源畲族乡) in Yanshan County

Huangbi She-nation Ethnic Township (篁碧畲族乡) in Yanshan County

Yingtan Municipality

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Zhangping She-nation Ethnic Township (樟坪畲族乡) in Guixi City

Fuzhou Municipality

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Jinzhu She-nation Ethnic Township (金竹畲族乡) in Le'an County

Ganzhou Municipality

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Chitu She-nation Ethnic Township (赤土畲族乡) in Nankang City

Ji'an Municipality

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Donggu She-nation Ethnic Township (东固畲族乡) in Qingyuan District

Longgang She-nation Ethnic Township (龙冈畲族乡) in Yongfeng County

Jinping Minority-nation Ethnic Township (金坪民族乡)[note 1] in Xiajiang County

  • none
  • none

The PRC has claimed Taiwan and Penghu as part of its territory and there are no ethnic townships in this region. See Indigenous Areas of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for details.

Within the Tibet Autonomous Region there are nine ethnic townships (མི་རིགས་ཤང་ mi-rigs shang 民族乡 mínzúxiāng), five belonging to the Monpa ethnicity (མོན་པ་/ mon pa /门巴/ Ménbā) and three belonging to the Lhopa ethnicity (ལྷོ་པ་/ lho-pa/ 珞巴/ Luòbā) and one belonging to the Naxi (ནག་ཤི་ / 纳西族 / Naxi)

Breakdown of the Nine Ethnic Townships of Tibet

Monpa (门巴族) – 5 Townships

The Monpa people primarily inhabit the southeastern regions of Tibet. The five Monpa ethnic townships are located in Shannan (Lhoka) Prefecture: Le Monpa Township (勒门巴族乡) – Located in Cona County (错那县).


Kongri Monpa Township (贡日门巴族乡) – Also in Cona County.


Gyiba Monpa Township (吉巴门巴族乡) – In Cona County.


Marmang Monpa Township (麻玛门巴族乡) – In Cona County.


Guntshang Monpa Township (更章门巴民族乡) – In Bayi District (巴宜区) of Nyingchi Prefecture.

Lhoba (珞巴族) – 3 Townships

The Lhoba people, one of China's smallest ethnic groups, reside in the southeastern border areas of Tibet. The three Lhoba ethnic townships are: Doyul Lhoba Township (斗玉珞巴族乡) – In Lhunze County (隆子县), Shannan Prefecture.


Takmo Lhoba Township (达木珞巴族乡) – In Metok County (墨脱县), Nyingchi Prefecture.


Neyul Lhoba Township (南伊珞巴族乡) – In Mainling County (米林县), Nyingchi Prefecture.


Naxi (纳西族) – 1 Township

The Naxi people are primarily concentrated in the northwest of Yunnan Province. In Tibet, there is one Naxi ethnic township: Jangpa Miri Township (纳西民族乡) – Located in Markam County (墨脱县), Chamdo Prefecture.

Major Autonomous areas within Yunnan. (excluding Hui)
She ethnic county, townships and towns in Zhejiang

Maps

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Notes

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  1. ^ Est. 2008, Jinping is home to eight minority nations, living in 19 designated villages (村, cun). The township as a whole cannot be said to be expressly for the She. In all, Jiangxi Province has 56 She villages in non-She-nation townships.

References

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  1. ^ Constitution of the People's Republic of China, Article 95
  2. ^ "(4) Composition of governments of townships, ethnic townships and towns". China. China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 10 April 2025.