The Hmong-American community in the Yuba-Sutter area is one of the largest outside Asia. It is most concentrated in Linda, where 16.8% of residents are East Asian, predominantly Hmong.
The Hmong people are an Asian ethnic group related to the Miao people of southern China. Unlike the Miao people's ancestors, the Hmong people's ancestors began migrating gradually southward from southern China in the 1700s, due to political unrest and the need to find more arable land. They settled in the mountainous regions of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
When the Laotian Civil War began in 1953, many Hmong people assisted the Royal Lao Government in fighting against the Communist Pathet Lao. After the Pathet Lao won the war in 1975 and took over the Laotian government, they began persecuting the Hmong people in retribution. As a result, tens of thousands of Hmong people fled to Thailand and sought political asylum there. Since then, thousands of these refugees have resettled in Western countries—especially in the U.S., and especially in Linda.
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November: Hmong New Year Festival
