2-9    Administrative Division and Population of                           
 Minority Nationality Autonomous Areas (2001)  
                 
                 
Provinces and Number Cities Number Cities Total   Minority   
Autonomous  of at of at Population Minority Population  
Regions Prefectures Prefectural Counties County in Minority Population as Percentage to  
    Level   Level  Areas   Total Population  
  (unit)   (unit)   (10 000   in Minority  
          persons)    Areas (%)  
     
  National Total 77 23 699 68 16870.10 7799.47 46.23  
  Hebei   6   192.42 110.94 57.66    
  Inner Mongolia 12 7 101 13 2319.23 475.47 20.50    
  Liaoning   8   333.55 167.15 50.11    
  Jilin 1   11 6 330.33 115.17 34.87    
  Heilongjiang     1   24.80 5.21 21.00    
  Zhejiang   1   17.73 1.76 9.91    
  Hubei 1   10 2 442.16 244.52 55.30    
  Hunan 1   15 1 475.46 339.05 71.31    
  Guangdong   3   46.44 17.31 37.27    
  Guangxi 14 9 110 10 4757.95 1820.32 38.26    
    Hainan   6   146.72 68.52 46.70    
    Chongqing   4   245.70 156.24 63.59    
    Sichuan 3   50 1 610.94 336.50 55.08    
    Guizhou 3   46 4 1526.18 869.08 56.95    
    Yunnan 8   78 7 2083.75 1132.96 54.37    
    Tibet 7 1 73 1 254.00 246.00 96.85    
    Gansu 2   21 2 313.64 175.88 56.08    
    Qinghai 6   35 2 309.72 185.18 59.79    
    Ningxia 4 4 24 2 563.22 198.22 35.19    
    Xinjiang 15 2 96 17 1876.19 1133.99 60.44    
                 
a) Population in 2001 is from the public security department statistics, so it is uncomparable with the past.