The Ten Muslim Ethnic Groups of China

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China has ten officially recognized ethnic minority groups that traditionally practice Islam, totaling over 25 million people. [1, 2]
The ten officially recognized Muslim ethnic groups in China are:

• • Hui: The largest group, speaking Chinese and spread across the entire country, particularly in Ningxia and Gansu.
  • Uyghur: The second-largest group, a Turkic-speaking community living mainly in the northwestern Xinjiang region.
  • Kazakh: A Turkic-speaking nomadic group living mostly near the border of Kazakhstan in Xinjiang.
  • Dongxiang: A group related to Mongols living primarily in Gansu province.
  • Kirgiz (Kyrgyz): A Turkic group residing near the mountains of Central Asia in Xinjiang.
  • Salar: A Turkic-speaking group known for settling in Qinghai and Gansu provinces.
  • Tajik: A Pamir-Iranian-speaking group living in the western mountainous border areas of Xinjiang.
  • Uzbek: A small Turkic-speaking urban minority scattered across Xinjiang cities.
  • Bao'an (Bonan): A small community living closely with the Dongxiang and Salar in Gansu province.
  • Tatar: The smallest group, consisting of Turkic-Tatar individuals living in urban areas of Xinjiang. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Chinese Mosques often have a blend of architecture between Middle Eastern and Oriental





There are many Chinese Hui Youtubers who talk about life in China as Muslims and the Muslim counties/prefectures/towns across China. This guy is popular Chinese Hui Muslim

 

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If you are Muslim and want to visit China such as halal food etc this guy will show u all.