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Such bridges are found in rural areas throughout the United States and Canada, but are often threatened by arsonists, vandals, and flooding. They are also common around eastern Canada and in the United States in places such as Chester County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lane County, Oregon, Madison County, Iowa and Parke County, Indiana. Parts of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virgi ...

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Covered bridge, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Europe, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Asia, Covered bridge - Modern covered bridges, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in fiction, Covered bridge - Gallery of Covered Bridges

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The Yugur (Simplified: 裕固族; Traditional: 裕固族; Hanyu Pinyin: Yùgù Zú), or Yellow Uygur or Yellow Uighur as they are traditionally known, are one of China's 56 officially recognized nationalities, consisting of 13,719 persons according to the 2000 census. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gānsù Province. About 4,600 of the Yugur speak a Turkic language and about 2,800 a Mongolic language; the remaining Yugur of the Autonomous County lost their respective Yug ...

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• Yugur - External link
• Yugur - Literature

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The Yi people (own name in the Cool Mountain dialect: ꆈꌠ, official transcription: Nuosu, IPA: [nɔ̄sū]; Chinese: 彝族, Pinyin: Yìzú; the older name "Lolo" is now considered derogatory) are a modern ethnic group in China. Numbering 6.6 million, they are the seventh largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions. The Yi speak Yi, a Tibeto-Burman language closely related to Burmese, and have their own syllabic script.Including:

• Yi - History

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The Wuling Mountains (武陵山脉) are located in Central China, covering the area from West Hunan to East Guizhou and Chongqing City. The Wulingyuan Scenic Area in the east (Hunan Province) is a World Heritage Site, noted for its high mountains, strangely-shaped crags, clear waters, deep valleys, and mountain gullies. The highest peak in the Wuling Mountains, Mt. Fanjing (Fanjingshan), is located in Guizhou province and has an altitude of 2,572 metres. The Mt. Fanjing National Nature Reserve was established in 1978 and ...

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The Buyei, (also spelled Puyi, Bouyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, IPA: [pu ʔjai], or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú) are an ethnic group living in southern 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 Buyei live in semi-tropical, high-altitude forests of Guizhou province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, and speak a Tai language. Traditionally they practice animism, altho ...

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• Buyei - Language
• Buyei - Reference

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The People's Republic of China officially describes itself as a multi-ethnic unitary state and as such officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. In addition to the 56 official nationalities, there are some Chinese who classify themselves as members of unrecognized nationalities. Also, foreign nationals who ...

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• Nationalities of China - Nationalities
• Nationalities of China - Complications
• Nationalities of China - Religions
• Nationalities of China - Notes

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The Xibe (Sibe; Chinese, 錫伯 Xíbó) are a Chinese ethnic group living mostly in northeast China and Xinjiang. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Xibe originally lived on the Nonni River. They are known as one of the nine states that were defeated by Nurhaci in the Battle of Gure in 1593. They were under loose domination of the Khorchin Mongols even after the Khorchin came un ...

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The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. They currently number about 8.5 million and speak the Mongol language. There are approximately 2.3 million Mongols in Mongolia, 4 million Mongols living in Inner Mongolia, and 2 million Mongols living in neighboring provinces. In addition, there are a number of ethnic groups in North China and Russia related to the Mongols: the Daur, Buryat, Evenk, Dorbod and Kalmyk. Mongols - History. Including:

• Mongols - History
• Mongols - Genghis Khan
• Mongols - Mongol Empire
• Mongols - Ethnic cultural and religious diversity
• Mongols - Military innovation
• Mongols - Timeline of conquest
• Mongols - Modern history

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Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ; Simplified: 广西; Traditional: 廣西; Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎngxī; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: Including:

• Guangxi - History
• Guangxi - Administrative divisions
• Guangxi - Geography
• Guangxi - Economy
• Guangxi - Demographics
• Guangxi - Culture
• Guangxi - Institutions of higher learning
• Guangxi - Tourism
• Guangxi - Miscellaneous topics

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Hunan (Chinese: 湖南; Hanyu Pinyin: Húnán) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning "south of the lake"). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province. Hunan borders Hubei in the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong to the south, Guangxi to the southwest, Guizhou t ...

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• Hunan - History
• Hunan - Geography
• Hunan - Administrative divisions
• Hunan - Economy
• Hunan - Demographics
• Hunan - Culture
• Hunan - Tourism
• Hunan - Miscellaneous topics
• Hunan - Colleges and universities

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Guizhou (Simplified: 贵州; Traditional: 貴州; Hanyu Pinyin: Gùizhōu; Wade-Giles: Kuei-chou; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang. Guizhou - History. Guizhou was well known by the Chinese for thousands of years but it was not until the Ming dynasty that it came under Chinese domin ...

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• Guizhou - History
• Guizhou - Geography
• Guizhou - Economy
• Guizhou - Demographics
• Guizhou - Culture
• Guizhou - Tourism
• Guizhou - Miscellaneous topics
• Guizhou - Colleges and universities
• Guizhou - External link

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The Achang (阿昌族), also known as the Ngac'ang or Maingtha are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Achang number 27,700, of whom 27,600 are from Yunnan province, especially Dehong Autonomous Prefecture. The Achang have their own spoken language, but there is no indigenous written language to accompany it. Chinese characters are often used ...

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A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof. They are often single-lane bridges. The bridges are frequently made out of wood. Newer ones are frequently made out of concrete or metal with glass sides. Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America. Such bridges are found in rural areas throughout the United States and Canada, but are often threatened by arsonists, vandals, and flooding. They are also common around eastern Canada and in the United States in places such as Chester County, Pe ...

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• Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America
• Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Europe
• Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Asia
• Covered bridge - Modern covered bridges
• Covered bridge - Covered bridges in fiction
• Covered bridge - Gallery of Covered Bridges

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The Blang (布朗族 : Bùlǎng Zú) (also spelled Bulong) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government) Achang - Bai - Blang - Bonan - Buyei - Chaoxian - Dai - Daur - De'ang - Derung - Dong - Dongxiang - Ewenki - Gaoshan - Gelao - Gin - Han - Hani - Hezhen - Hui - Jingpo - Jino - Kazak - Kirgiz - Lahu - Lhoba - Li - Lisu ...

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Exchange Rates Currency band Exchange rate Exchange rate regime Fixed exchange rate Floating exchange rate Linked exchange rate Markets Foreign exchange market Futures exchange Products Currency Currency future Forex swap Currency swap Foreign exchange option A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is a form of money, where money is defi ...

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• Currency - History
• Currency - Early Currency
• Currency - Coinage
• Currency - The Era of Hard and Credit Money
• Currency - Legal Tender Era
• Currency - The Paper Money Era
• Currency - Modern currencies
• Currency - Privately-issued currencies
• Currency - Local currencies
• Currency - World currency
• Currency - Circulating currencies
• Currency - A-E
• Currency - F-M
• Currency - N-R
• Currency - S-Z
• Currency - Historical currencies
• Currency - Ancient Greece
• Currency - Ancient Rome
• Currency - Africa
• Currency - America
• Currency - Asia
• Currency - Australasia
• Currency - Europe
• Currency - Accounting units
• Currency - Proposed Currencies
• Currency - Lists

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The Mulao (also spelled Mulam) (仫佬族, Pinyin: Mùlǎozú) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government) Achang - Bai - Blang - Bonan - Buyei - Chaoxian - Dai - Daur - De'ang - Derung - Dong - Dongxiang - Ewenki - Gaoshan - Gelao - Gin - Han - Hani - Hezhen - Hui - Jingpo - Jino - Kazak - Kirgiz - Lahu - Lhoba - Li - Lisu - Man - Maonan - ...

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The Daur people (Chinese: 达斡尔族, Pinyin: Dáwò'ěrzú; the former name "Dahur" is considered derogatory) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China. They numbered 132,394 according to the latest census (2000), and most of them live in the Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner (Mòlì Dáwǎ Dáwò'ěrzú Zìzhìqí 莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗) i ...

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• Daur - Language
• Daur - External link

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The De'ang (德昂族 : Déáng Zú) (also spelled Deang) people are an ethnic group. They are also known as the Palaung and Benglong. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government) Achang - Bai - Blang - Bonan - Buyei - Chaoxian - Dai - Daur - De'ang - Derung - Dong - Dongxiang - Ewenki - Gaoshan - Gelao - Gin - Han - Hani - Hezhen - H ...

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Undistinguished nationalities (未识别民族: Wèi Shíbié Mínzú) are ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China that have not been recognized among or classified within the official 56 Nationalities of China. The group numbers more than 730,000 people, and would constitute the 20th most populous nationality of China if taken as a single group (which it is not). The vast majority of this group is found in Guizhou province. The group of "Undistinguished nationalities" does not include groups that have been contr ...

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The Manchus were descendants of the Jurchen ethnic group, who had conquered northeastern China in the twelfth century. The name Manchu was formally adopted by Nurhaci of the Jianzhou Jurchens in 1635, though it may have been in use as early as 1605. Nurhaci originated in present-day North Korea near the Paektu/Changbai Mountains (Koryo dynasty period). Nurhaci and his family resided within the Koryo(Korean) kingdom and wished to be reunited with his brother in Korea, according to the Cambridge History of the Qing Dynasty by Giles. Nurhaci's son Hong Taiji decided the Jurchens would call themselves Manchus and prohibited t ...

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Manchu, Manchu - Origins, Manchu - Founding of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu - Manchukuo

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