Qabiao people

Qabiao
Total population
705 (1999 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam: Hà Giang 903 (2019)[1]
China: Wenshan
Languages
QabiaoVietnameseChinese

The Qabiao or Pu Peo people (Vietnamese: Pu Péo) are an ethnic group living in Hà Giang Province, Vietnam and Malipo County of Yunnan province, China. The total population was 903 as of the 2019 census, while Liang (2007) cites a total population of 777. In China, they are classified with the Yi people.[2] Their autonym is qa˧ biau˧.[3] The Chinese also refer to the Qabiao as 'Bendi Lolo', which translates as 'indigenous Lolo'.[4]

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ^ Liang, Zhang & Li (2007).
  3. ^ Liang, Zhang & Li (2007), p. 4.
  4. ^ "Qabiao of Vietnam". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.