Miao, now largely settled in the southeast of Guizhou Province, Guangxi Miao Shan, Hainan and Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other provinces of the border zone.

• 苗族，现在主要聚居于贵州省东南部、广西大苗山、海南岛及贵州、湖南、湖北、四川、云南、广西等省区的交界地带。