ᠰᡞᠪᡝ Sibo, Xibo | |
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Total population | |
190,481 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
China (Liaoning · Xinjiang · Heilongjiang · Jilin · Inner Mongolia) | |
Languages | |
Mandarin Chinese and Sibe | |
Religion | |
Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism[1] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Manchus, Daur, Nanai, Orok, Evenks and Solon |
The Sibe or Xibo[2] (ᠰᡞᠪᡝ, , IPA: [ɕivə]; [2] simplified Chinese: 锡伯; traditional Chinese: 錫伯; pinyin: Xībó) are a Tungusic-speaking East Asian ethnic group living mostly in Xinjiang, Jilin and Shenyang in Liaoning.[2] The Sibe form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China, and had a recorded population of 190,481 in the 2010 Chinese Census, comprising just over 0.014% of China's total population.[3]