__NOTOC__ Qiang may refer to:

Culture

Qiang (name) Qiang is a transliteration of multiple Chinese given names and a surname. Notable people with these names include: Given name * Chi Qiang, Chinese competitive sailor * Qiang Du, Chinese mathematician and computational scientist * Gao Qiang, Chin ...

, a Chinese name, including a list of people with the name, or an alternate transliteration of Chinese surname

Jiang (surname) Jiang / Chiang can be a Mandarin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames: #Jiǎng (surname), Jiǎng (surname 蔣) (#蔣, 蔣), commonly spelled as Jiǎng, Chiang, Cheung, Jang (Korean name), Jang, Chioh #Jiāng (surname 江) (#江, � ...

(彊/强) *

Qiang people The Qiang people (Qiangic languages, Qiangic: ''Rrmea''; ) are an List of ethnic groups in China, ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approx ...

, an ethnic group in China *

Qiang (historical people) Qiang () was a name given to various groups of people at different periods in ancient China. The Qiang people are generally thought to have been of Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman origin, though there are other theories. The Tangut people ...

various non-Chinese groups referred to in Chinese historical literature *

Qiangic languages Qiangic (''Chʻiang, Kyang, Tsiang'', Chinese: 羌語支, "''Qiang'' language group"; also Rmaic, formerly known as Dzorgaic) is a group of related languages within the Sino-Tibetan language family. They are spoken mainly in Southwest China, incl ...

, a subfamily of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken in Sichuan and Tibet Autonomous Region

Geography

* Qiang la, an Indian transliteration of

Changla Changla is a mountain in the Himalayas of Asia. It has a summit elevation of above sea level and is located on the international border between Nepal and Tibet, China. See also * List of mountains in China * List of mountains in Nepal * List o ...

Military

Qiang (spear) ''Qiang'' (pronunciation: , English approximation: , ) is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern Chinese battlefield. It is known as one of the four m ...

, a type of Chinese spear