Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Nakhi (simplified Chinese: 纳西族; traditional Chinese: 納西族; pinyin: Nàxī zú; endonym: ¹na²khi) are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.The Nakhi are thought to have come originally from Northwestern China migrating south toward Tibetan populated regions and usually inhabiting the most fertile river-side land driving the other competing tribes farther up the hillsides onto less fertile land.
