They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China.
They numbered 132,394 according to the latest census (2000), and most of them live in the Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China.
There are also some near Tacheng in Xinjiang, where their ancestors were moved during the Qing Dynasty.
