AUTONOMOUS REGIONS OF CHINA

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An autonomous region (S.Chinese:'自治区' or T.Chinese:'自治區',Pinyin:'zīzhì qǜ') is the first-level administrative subdivision of China. Like the other Chinese Provinces an autonomous region has its own local government, but with more legislative rights. It is a minority entity and has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic group. There are five autonomous regions in China. They are the Tibetan people in Tibet, the Zhuang in Guangxi, the Uyghur in Xinjiang, the Mongols in Inner Mongolia and the Hui in Ningxia.

Name	Chinese (S)	Pinyin	DM1	Local name (Language)	Abbr.2	Capital	CLD3
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	广西壮族自治区	Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū	Zhuang	Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih (Zhuang)	桂 Guì	Nanning	''List''
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	内蒙古自治区	Nèiměnggǔ Zìzhìqū	Mongol	ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠨᠺᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠺᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ Öbür Mongghul-un Öbertegen Jasaqu Orun (Mongolian)	内蒙古 Nèiměnggǔ	Hohhot	''List''
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	宁夏回族自治区	Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū	Hui	宁夏回族自治区 (Chinese)	宁 Níng	Yinchuan	''List''
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	Urumqi	''List''
Tibet Autonomous Region	西藏自治区	Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Tibetan	བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས (Tibetan)	藏 Zàng	Lhasa	''List''
1 Designated minority. 2 Abbreviation. 3 County-level divisions.