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How many ethnic minorities are there in Hunan?

Hunan is a multi-ethnic province, with more than 50 ethnic minorities such as Han, Tujia, Miao, Dong, Yao, Bai, Hui, Zhuang and Uygur.

Hunan Province, referred to as "Xiang" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Changsha as the capital, Jiangxi in the east, Chongqing and Guizhou in the west, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south and Hubei in the north, with a total area of 2 1. 1.8 million square kilometers. It is located in the transition zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jiangnan Hill and Nanling Mountains to Jianghan Plain, with a horseshoe-shaped landform surrounded by mountains on three sides and open to the north. It is composed of plains, basins, hills, mountains and lakes, spanning the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and has a subtropical monsoon climate.