Mulao people

Mulao people
仫佬族
Mulam
Total population
216,257 (2010)
Regions with significant populations
Guangxi, China
Languages
Mulam
Religion
Mostly Buddhist, Taoist
with strong Animist influence [1]
Related ethnic groups
Dong, Zhuang

The Mulao people (Chinese: 仫佬族; pinyin: Mùlǎo zú; own name: Mulam) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. In their name, Mulam, mu6 is a classifier for human beings and lam1 (in some dialects it is kyam1) is another form of the name used by the Dong (Kam), to whom the Mulao people are ethnically related. A large portion of the Mulao in Guangxi live in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County of Hechi, Guangxi, China. As of the 2010 Chinese Census, there are 216,257 Mulao people in China, comprising about 0.016% of China's total population.[1]: 1–6 

  1. ^ 中国2020年人口普查资料 [2010 China Population Census Data] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

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