Mobile phone network reaches last of China's ethnic minoritie

China has brought its mobile phone network to the last of its ethnic minority regions previously cut off from communication with the outside world, according to state media, reports the AFP.

"The district of Drung in the mountainous county of Gongshan in southwestern Yunnan province was connected to the mobile phone network on Saturday -- the last of 55 ethnic minority regions to be hooked up, said Xinhua news agency.

The district has a population of 3,990 spread over an area of 2,000 square kilometers (781 square miles) and is one of the poorest areas in the country, the agency said.

The Drung ethnic group, with a total population of only 5,816, is one of the smallest ethnic minorities in China.

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