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Hui people

The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2020 census, China is home to approximately 11.3 million Hui people. Outside China, the 170,000 Dungan people of…

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China (mainland)
11,377,914 (2020 census)
Kazakhstan
78 817 (2021)
Kyrgyzstan
76,573 (2021)
Malaysia
2,000 (2016)
Pakistan
5,800 (2026)
Russia
3,028 (2021)

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Hui people

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related to Outside mainland China · 46
Hui people → According, An, Ang, British, Bufang, Cairo, Chinese, February, For, Fujian, Ha, Han, Hokkien, Hokkien-speaking, Hui, Hui Muslim, Hui Muslims, In, In Southeast Asia, Islam
related to Genetics · 41
Hui people → Analysis, Bo'an, Central Asian, Central Asians, China, D-M174, Dongxiang, Dongxiangs, East Asian, East Asians, East-Eurasian, Europeans, Guizhou, Guizhou Hui, Guizhou Hui's, Han Chinese, Hui, Hui Muslims, In, Liaoning Hui
related to Ancestry · 37
Hui people → Arabs, Austronesian, Bai, Central Asian, Champa, China, Chinese, Chinese-speaking, Dru Gladney, East Asian, European, Hainan, Hainan Province, Han Chinese, Hui, In, Included, Iranians, Islam, Linxia
related to Sects of Islam · 32
Hui people → China, Chinese, Chinese Learning Sect, Each, Gedimu, Influenced, Islam, Islamic, It, Its, Jahriyya, Khufiyya, Kubrawiyya, Liu Zhi, Loud Chanting Sect, Members, Most Hui, New New Sect, New Sect, Old Sect
related to Subgroups · 31
Hui people → Afaq Khoja, Central Asia, Central Asian, Central Asian Turkic, China, Chinese, Chinese-speaking Muslim, Dungan, Dungans, Dōnggānzú, Gansu, However, Hui, In, Joseph Fletcher, Kashgarian Sufi, Lao Huihui, Ming Empire, Most Dungans, Muhammad Yūsuf
related to Increasing religiosity in China · 28
Hui people → According, Additionally, California, China, China-Middle East, Chinese, Clearly, Consequently, Dru Gladney, Gladney, Haj, Han, Hijab, Hui, Hui Muslims, Islamic, It's, Middle East, Muslims, Obviously
related to Official · 25
Hui people → According, After, Austronesian, Bai, Champa, China, China's, Chinese, Chinese-speaking, Dru Gladney, Hainan, Hainan Province, Hui, Islam, Islamic, Muslim, People's Republic, Some, These, Tibetan Muslims
related to Modern period · 21
Hui people → Bai Chongxi, CCP, China, During China's, Hui, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan's, Japanese, Ma Benzhai, Ma Bufang, Ma Hongbin, Ma Hongkui, Ma's, People's Republic, Second Sino-Japanese War, The, The Hui, The Hui Muslim Detachment, The Japanese, Their
related to Non-Muslim Hui · 21
Hui people → China, Ding, Fujian, Guo, Hui, In, Indonesia, Islam, Many, Muslims, None, Philippines, Quanzhou, Singapore, Some, Some Hui, Taiwan, These, These Hui, They
related to Education · 19
Hui people → Arabic, Autumn Annals, Chinese, Confucian, Elite Hui, Hu Songshan, Hui, Imams, Instead, Islamic, Linxia, Ma Bufang, Ma Clique, May Fourth Movement, Muslim, Nu Ahong, Quran, Spring, They

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hui chinese han muslims china muslim people ma islam also islamic dungan among many government uyghurs ethnic ningxia needed xinjiang

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hui peopleChina (mainland)11,377,914 (2020 census)1.00infobox
Hui peopleKazakhstan78 817 (2021)1.00infobox
Hui peopleKyrgyzstan76,573 (2021)1.00infobox
Hui peopleMalaysia2,000 (2016)1.00infobox
Hui peoplePakistan5,800 (2026)1.00infobox
Hui peopleRussia3,028 (2021)1.00infobox
Hui peopleThailand~3,247 (2000)[citation needed]1.00infobox
the Uyghurs.The Hui predominantly speak Chineseinstance ofthey are therefore distinct from other Muslim groups0.80text
while using some Arabicinstance ofthey are therefore distinct from other Muslim groups0.80text
Persian phrasesinstance ofthey are therefore distinct from other Muslim groups0.80text
Arabsinstance ofwith some Middle Eastern ancestry from ethnic groups0.80text
Iraniansinstance ofwith some Middle Eastern ancestry from ethnic groups0.80text

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