Back Ureuëng Buyei ACE شعب البوي Arabic Builər Azerbaijani པུའུ་དབྱི་མི། Tibetan Buó-ĭ-cŭk CDO Puejové Czech Bouyei Danish Bouyei (Volk) German Bujioj Esperanto Buyei Spanish
 A Bouyei woman in front of her house in China | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 China 2,870,034 (2010)[1] Vietnam 3,232 (2019)[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Bouyei • Mandarin Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Shigongism • Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Zhuang |
The Bouyei (also spelled Puyi, Buyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, [puʔjai] or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y), otherwise known as the Zhongjia, are an ethnic group living in Southern Mainland China. Numbering 2.5 million, they are the 11th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Bouyei mostly live in Qianxinan and Qiannan prefectures of Southern Guizhou Province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.
Some 3,000 Bouyei also live in Northern Vietnam, where they are one of that nation's 54 officially recognized ethnic groups. In Vietnam, they are located in Mường Khương District of Lào Cai and Quản Bạ District of Hà Giang Province.
- ^ "2-1 全国各民族分年龄、性别的人口" (XLS). Stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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