Autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China

Autonomous region (Zizhiqu)
Simplified Chinese	自治区
Traditional Chinese	自治區
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Zìzhìqū

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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.

Contents 1 List of autonomous regions 2 Former autonomous regions of China 3 Notes 4 See also

List of autonomous regions

Name	Hanzi (S) &Pinyin	DM1	Local name (Language)	Abbr.2	Capital	CLD3
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū	Uyghur	شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni (Uyghur)	新 Xīn	Ürümqi	List
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region	内蒙古自治区 Nèiměnggǔ Zìzhìqū	Mongol	Öbür Mongghul-un Öbertegen Jasaqu Orun (Mongolian)	蒙 Měng	Hohhot	List
Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region	西藏自治区 Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Tibetan	བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས Bod.raṅ.skyoṅ.ljoṅs (Tibetan)	藏 Zàng	Lhasa	List
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	宁夏回族自治区 Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū	Hui	نٍ شيَا خُوِ ذُوْ ذِ جِ ثُوْ (Chinese Xiao'erjing)	寧 / 宁 Níng	Yinchuan	List
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	广西壮族自治区 Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū	Zhuang	Gvangjish Bouxcuengh Swcigih (Zhuang)	桂 Guì	Nanning	List
1 Designated minority. 2 Abbreviation. 3 County-level divisions.

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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