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The Qiang people (Chinese: 羌族; Mandarin Pinyin: qiāng zú; Jyutping: goeng1 zuk6) are an ethnic group of China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China with a population of approximately 200000 in 1990. They live mainly in mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan province on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau.