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The Zhuang (Zhuang: Bouxcuengh, /pou˦˨ ɕueŋ˧/; Sawndip sinicization: 佈壯, pinyin: Bùzhuàng; Modern ; Thai: ผู้จ้วง, P̄hū̂ĉwng) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 55 minority ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. With the Buyi, Tay � Nùng, and other northern Tai speakers, they are sometimes known as the Rau or Rao (Zhuang: Boux Raeuz). Their population, estimated at 18 million people, puts them second only to the Han Chinese and makes the Zhuang the largest minority in China.
The Zhuang also have their own oral epic, the Baeu Rodo.
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