Hui people

ethnoreligious islamic group of China
Intangible ethnic_group Q183573
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Summary

Hui people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,005 views/month, #38 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Chinese[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[4]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[5]
  • Part of: Han Chinese people[6]
  • Commons category: Hui people[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hui people[8]
  • Described at URL: http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=81103[9]
  • Population: 9,816,805[10], 10,586,087[11], 11,300,000[12]
  • Language used: Mandarin[13], Dungan[14]
  • P14541: 2YlGU0[15]

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Influence

Things named for Hui people include Five Races Under One Union[16], a political ideology[17], founded in 1911[18]; Guancheng Hui District[19], a district of China[20], in People's Republic of China[21]; and Huimin District[22], a district of China[23], in People's Republic of China[24].

Why It Matters

Hui people has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include Five Races Under One Union[16], a political ideology[17], founded in 1911[18]; Guancheng Hui District[19], a district of China[20], in People's Republic of China[21]; and Huimin District[22], a district of China[23], in People's Republic of China[24].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM253950
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM253950, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2YlGU0
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language used → Mandarin, Dungan
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Country → People's Republic of China
    Part of → Han Chinese people
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007554327405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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