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The Monguor (Chinese: 蒙古尔) or Tu people (Chinese: 土族 also 土昆) White Mongol/Tsagaan Mongol (察罕蒙古尔) 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.According to the 2000 census the total population was 241198 and lived mostly in the Qinghai and Gansu provinces. The 2010 census gave their number as 289565.