Gejia

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Do not confuse with the Kejia, also known as the Hakka

The Gejia (Chinese: [亻革]家人 or 革家人 — the first character should have the human radical 亻; Hanyu pinyin: Géjiā Rén) is an ethnic group found in Guizhou province, southwestern China. They are officially classified as a part of the Miao (Hmong) ethnicity but they do not self-identify as such.

The Gejia live mainly in Qiandongnan Prefecture, in the counties of Huangping, Kaili, and Guanling. The Gejia population is approximately 50,000.

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