Thousands of years of historical evolution and the formation of the Chinese nation have gone through a long process. Generally speaking, there are two stages: the first stage is the historical evolution of thousands of years, and the second stage is the conscious understanding formed in the struggle against foreign invaders since modern times.

In fact, the reason why the Han nationality, which accounts for the largest population of the Chinese nation, can continue to be the largest nation in the world today is also formed by the long-term economic and cultural exchanges and integration of many originally different ethnic groups or tribes.

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Distribution characteristics

Compared with inland coastal Han nationality areas, the population density of ethnic minority areas is quite different. For example, the population density of Xizang Autonomous Region, where ethnic minorities live in compact communities, is only 65,438+0.8 people per square kilometer.

Two characteristics:

First, small settlements and large mixed settlements. The minority population is mainly concentrated in the southwest, northwest and northeast provinces. There are ethnic minorities living in five autonomous regions, 30 autonomous prefectures, 120 autonomous counties (banners) and more than 200 ethnic townships in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Guangxi and Ningxia. But there are many Han people living together in these areas, and the proportion is quite high.

Second, it is widely distributed, but mainly concentrated in the western and border areas. China has 1 1 provinces and regions, and there are 56 ethnic groups, accounting for 35.5% of the national 3 1 provinces and regions. Although ethnic minorities are widely distributed, their population is still mainly concentrated in the west and border areas. China's land border is more than 20 thousand kilometers long, most of which are ethnic minority areas.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Ethnic Minorities