Autonomous regions of China
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An autonomous region (simplified Chinese: 自治区; traditional Chinese: 自治區; pinyin: zīzhìqù) is a first-level administrative subdivision of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but an autonomous region theoretically has more legislative rights. In practice, they only have the right to appoint a local minority governer. In all Chinese autonomous regions the Party Secretary, who is the real power base, is Han Chinese. It is a minority entity and has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic group. There are five autonomous regions in China: the Tibetan people in Tibet, the Zhuang in Guangxi, the Uyghur in Xinjiang, the Mongols in Inner Mongolia, and the Hui in Ningxia.

Name	Chinese (T) Chinese (S)	Pinyin	DM1	Local name (Language)	Abbr.2	Capital	CLD3
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	廣西壯族自治區 广西壮族自治区	Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū	Zhuang	Gvangjish Bouxcuengh Swcigih (Zhuang)	桂 Guì	Nanning	List
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	內蒙古自治區 内蒙古自治区	Nèiměnggǔ Zìzhìqū	Mongol	Öbür Mongghul-un Öbertegen Jasaqu Orun (Mongolian)	内蒙古 Nèiměnggǔ	Hohhot	List
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	寧夏回族自治區 宁夏回族自治区	Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū	Hui	寧夏回族自治區 or 宁夏回族自治区 (Chinese)	寧 / 宁 Níng	Yinchuan	List
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	新疆維吾爾自治區 新疆维吾尔自治区	Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū	Uyghur	شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni (Uyghur)	新 Xīn	Urumqi	List
Tibet Autonomous Region	西藏自治區 西藏自治区	Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Tibetan	བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས Bod.raṅ.skyoṅ.ljoṅs (Tibetan)	藏 Zàng	Lhasa	List
1 Designated minority. 2 Abbreviation. 3 County-level divisions.

See also

• Political divisions of China
• Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China