Qiang

people

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demography of Sichuan

  • Sichuan
    In Sichuan: Population composition

    Hui (Chinese Muslims), and Qiang peoples. Most of the Han—who constitute the major part of the population—live in the basin region of the east. The Yi reside in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest, while the Tibetans are distributed in the plateau region of the west. The…

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history of Qinghai region

  • Yellow River (Huang He)
    In Qinghai: History of Qinghai

    …Koko Nor and beyond as Qiang and sought to keep them out of the Han empire (206 bce–220 ce) by establishing a military outpost near the lake in 4 ce. The post was soon abandoned, but near the end of the Han period, during the reign of the Xiandi emperor…

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