Abstract: 404 Dong people (203 males, 201 females) living in the Sanjiang autonomous county in Guangxi were investigated and measured physically. Their ages ranged from 20 (female) and 22(male) to 60 years, respectively. Their fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, maternal grandfathers, maternal grandmothers were Dong nationality. The statistical data of 49 anthropometries, 38 indices and 16 somatoscopies were made. The physical characters of Sanjiang Dong nationality were summarized and comparied with those of other nationalities in “Rm” value. Sanjiang Dong nationality is similar to the Yao, the Yi, and the Miao nationalities.

Key words: Anthropometry; Dong nationality