Although the Mosuo are culturally distinct from the Nakhi, the Chinese government places them as members of the Nakhi (aka Naxi) minority.
Among the Nakhi in Yongning County in Yunnan and the Yanyuan County in Sichuan, existing remnants of the Mosuo matriarchal family structure which were vigorously but unsuccessfully eradicated during the Communist era.
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The official Chinese government classification includes the Mosuo as part of the Nakhi people, although neither ethnicity support this categorization.