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Total population | |
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1,452,095 1.51% of the Vietnamese population (2019)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Hòa Bình Province | 549,026 |
Thanh Hóa Province | 376,340 |
Phú Thọ Province | 218,404 |
Sơn La Province | 84,676 |
Hanoi | 62,239 |
Languages | |
Mường • Vietnamese | |
Religion | |
Mường folk religion • Buddhism • Christianity (Vietnamese Hoà Bình Catholic sect of Catholic Church) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Vietic groups (Vietnamese, Gin, Chứt, Thổ peoples) |
The Mường (Mường language: ngài Mõl (Mường Bi dialect), ngài Mường; Vietnamese: người Mường) are an ethnic group native to northern Vietnam. The Mường is the country's third largest of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.45 million (according to the 2019 census). The Mường people inhabit a mountainous region of northern Vietnam centered in Hòa Bình Province and some districts of Phú Thọ province and Thanh Hóa Province. They speak the Mường language which is related to the Vietnamese language and the Thổ language and share ancient ethnic roots with the Vietnamese (Kinh) people. [2]
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