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The Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near Yichang, Hubei province, China.
The population of Hubei province is overwhelmingly composed of Han Chinese, making the province’s ethnic composition largely homogeneous.1
While the Han people constitute the vast majority, there are minority groups present in the region, including the Hui, who are scattered throughout the north and the Han plain, as well as Tujia and Hmong populations residing in the southwestern highlands.1