Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. By Leslie D. Montano
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 13
Population: 12,646,000
Unreached people groups: 13
UPG population: 12,646,000
Unengaged UPGs: 5
UUPG population: 49,700
Number of countries: 10
Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples
Overview: The Hui are descendants of soldiers and traders, first Arab and then Persian, who settled in China after the eastward advance of the Muslim armies died out in the northwest quadrant of the country. They intermarried with the Chinese but retained their Muslim faith. Today, these Chinese Muslims are scattered all over China.
-- Patrick Johnstone, The Future of the Global Church, p. 184
Peoples within this cluster: Dongxiang; Dungan; Hui; Keji; Utsat
Countries where they are found: China; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Taiwan; Thailand; United States; Uzbekistan
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