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 | | The Han nationality numbers five million; the Kazak nationality, 900,000; the Hui nationality, 600,000; the Mongol nationality, 120,000; the Kirgiz nationality, 120,000; the Xibe nationality, 30,000; the Tajik nationality, 30,000; the Ozbek nationality, 10,000; the Manchu nationality, 10,000; the Daur nationality, 4,000; the Tatar nationality, 3,000; and the Russian nationality, 4,000. |
 | | The Xibe people live in homogeneous communities in the counties of Qapqal, Huocheng and Gongliu in the valley of the Ile River. |
 | | The word ¡°qapqal¡± in Xibe means ¡°granary.¡± On March 17, 1953 Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County was founded. |
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