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H're
Total population
113,111 (1999 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định
Languages

Hrê, Vietnamese

Religion

Mahayana Buddhism

The H're people (Vietnamese: người Hrê) are an ethnic group of Vietnam, speaking a language in the Mon–Khmer family. Most H're live in the Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định provinces of Vietnam's South Central Coast, and number approximately 113,111 (as of 1999).

The H're people made up the majority of the population in the districts of Ba Tơ (numbering around 31,800 people there), Sơn Hà (which then also included Sơn Tây, 43,800 people), and Minh Long (8100 people) in Quang Ngai Province as of 1996.[1] A third of the population of An Lão District in Binh Dinh Province were Hre in 1996 (around 5800 people).[1]

They sing the kaleu melody and play ching and aradon.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Statistics Office (1996): Population Data of Sparsely Populated Areas in Vietnam. Statistical Publishing House, Hanoi
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