The peoples of Kachin (Jingpo: Ga Hkyeng red soil; Burmese: ; MLCTS: ka. hkyang lu myui:, ]), more precisely known as Kachin Wunpong (Jingpho: Jinghpaw the Confederation of Jingpo) or simply Wunpong (the Confederation), are a confederation of ethnic groups who inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Yunnan Province, China, and Arunachal Pradesh, Assam in Northeastern India. About one million Kachin peoples live in the region. The term Kachin people is often used interchangeably with the main subset, called the Jingpo people in China.