Henan Mongol Autonomous County is an autonomous county in the south of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has area of 17,921 km² and its capital is Tongren county.- Demographics :...

 in the province of Qinghai

Qinghai

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Its administrative seat ("capital") is the town of Yêgainnyin (Youganning). Henan has an area

Area

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 of 6.250 km² and approximately 30,000 inhabitants (2004). The Mongols

Mongols

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 or Upper Mongols

Upper Mongols

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, the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the county, do not speak Mongolian

Mongolian language

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 (except for few individual exceptions) and only Tibetan

Tibetan language

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Ethnic groups in Henan, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Mongol Mongols Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...	28,879	89.55%
Han Han Chinese Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...	1,444	4.48%
Tibetan Tibetan people The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet, which is mostly in the People's Republic of China. They number 5.4 million and are the 10th largest ethnic group in the country. Significant Tibetan minorities also live in India, Nepal, and Bhutan...	863	2.68%
Hui Hui people The Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's...	821	2.54%
Tu Tu people The Monguor or Tu people , White Mongol/Chagan Mongol are one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China. The "Tu" ethnic category was created in the 1950s....	144	0.45%
Salar	45	0.14%
Bai	19	0.06%
Bonan Bonan The Bonan people are an ethnic group living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in northwestern China...	13	0.04%
Dongxiang Dongxiang people The Dongxiang people are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...	11	0.03%
Yi Yi people The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...	6	0.02%
Others	5	0.02%