The Buyi nationality is one of the ethnic minorities in Southwest China and has an estimated population of 2,545,059. More than 2 million (95%) Buyi live exclusively in the Guizhou province. The Buyi live together in the two Buyi and Miao autonomous counties in the south and southwest regions of the Guizhou province and are also found in 10 other counties. The remaining number of Buyi live scattered in the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and the Guangxi autonomous region.