In which provinces are Qiang people distributed? How many provinces are there altogether?

Modern Qiang people mainly live in Maoxian, Wenchuan, Lixian and Songpan of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County and Pingwu County of Mianyang City, Danba County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, jiangkou county and Shiqian County of Guizhou Province, and the rest are scattered in Heishui, Jiuzhaigou, Marcand County of Aba Prefecture, Dujiangyan area of Chengdu, Ya 'an area, southern Gansu, southwestern Shaanxi and parts of Yunnan. According to statistics in 2005, the registered population of Qiang nationality was 326,500. In the "5. 12" earthquake disaster in 2008, the population loss of the Qiang nationality was nearly 10%. However, it is gratifying that under the great attention of the CPC Central Committee, the rescue and protection of Qiang culture is progressing steadily. Today, the Qiang nationality is the branch that retains the name of the Qiang nationality and has the most traditional culture among the branches of the ancient Qiang nationality 100.

Today's Qiang people are one of the ancient Qiang people who retain their names and some traditional cultures. With the Han, Tibetan, Yi, Naxi, Bai, Hani, Bo, Pumi, Jingpo, Lahu and Jino, they are brothers, and they all have the lineage of some Yellow Emperor tribes. Qiang people are honored as the great heroes who destroyed the Shang Dynasty and restored the Qiang, but they are direct descendants of the surname of the Yellow Emperor Ji, so it is correct that Qiang people are descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Dayu is also a direct descendant of the Yellow Emperor. It can be said that Han and Qiang are of the same origin, and Qiang is also a descendant of the Chinese people.