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Hmong people
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Key facts
- China
- 2,777,039 (2000, estimate)
- Vietnam
- 1,393,547 (2019)
- Laos
- 595,028 (2015)
- United states
- 368,609 (2021)
- Thailand
- 250,070 (2015)
- France
- 15,000
- Australia
- 3,438 (2011)
- Myanmar
- 3,000 (2010)
- France french guiana
- 2,000 (2001)
- Canada
- 1,000 (2005)
- Argentina
- 600 (1999)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
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- different from
- Mon people
- Commons category
- Hmong
- topic's main category
- Category:Hmong people
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- Hmong
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, CHV: Hmôngz, Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄀𞄩𞄰, Pahawh Hmong: 𖬌𖬣𖬵, IPA: [m̥ɔ̃́], Chinese: 苗族蒙人) are an ethnic group from East and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people. The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwestern China and Mainland Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. There are also diaspora communities in the United States, Australia, France, and South America.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hmong people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.