湖南省位于祖国的中南,古属苗蛮区域,系多民族的省分,除汉族外,有土家、苗、侗、瑶、白、回、壮、维吾尔等40个少数民族。据1985年统计,全省少数民族323万余人,占5.8%。居住面积3万多平方公里,占全省总面积15%。土家族、苗族主要分布在湘西武陵山脉,与贵州铜仁、四川涪 Hunan Province is located in the central and southern parts of the motherland. It is a part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It belongs to the multi-ethnic province. Apart from the Han ethnic group, there are 40 ethnic minorities such as Tujia, Miao, Dong, Yao, Bai, Hui, Zhuang and Uyghur. According to statistics in 1985, there were more than 3.32 million ethnic minorities in the province, accounting for 5.8%. Living area of ​​more than 30,000 square kilometers, accounting for 15% of the total area of ​​the province. Tujia and Miao are mainly distributed in the Wuling Mountains in western Hunan, Tongren in Guizhou and Fu in Sichuan