Hills and Mountains of Southern China: Homeland of the Hmong

In China the majority of the Hmong today live in Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan. This group of people originally came from this part of Southern China and still reside there today. The Hmong population in China is estimated at about 3 million people.  The majority of Hmong live in the three cities that I listed in the first sentence of this blog post.

(Source: Info Please)

The area in Southern china that the Hmong originally came from is a very mountainous region. The region that these people call home is known for farming and other different agriculture methods. Below is a picture of the Yunnan region where many Hmong reside today.

(Source: Yunnan Wikipedia)

The Yunnan province, where many Hmong come from and are located today, is located in the very far southwest in China (view map above). The region is very mountainous Most of the Hmong people live in eastern part of the province. Yunnan is very rich in natural resources and has some of the most diverse plant life found anywhere in the world. This region also has the highest number of reserves of aluminum, copper, and various other metals.