Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 怒江傈僳族自治州 |
| • Lisu | ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ |
 Liuku Town | |
 Location of Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates (Nujiang Prefecture government): 25°49′03″N 98°51′24″E / 25.8176°N 98.8566°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture seat | Lushui (Liuku) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,588.92 km2 (5,632.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 534,337 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 673100 |
| Area code | 0886 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-YN-33 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 怒江傈僳族自治州 | ||||||
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| Lisu | ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ | ||||||
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture[lower-alpha 1] is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan , China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people, who make up nearly half of the prefecture's population.
Name
It is named after the Nujiang river (the longest undammed river in Southeast Asia) and the Lisu ethnic group.[1]
Administration
The seat of the prefecture is Liuku Town, Lushui.[1]
The prefecture is subdivided into four county-level divisions: one county-level city, one county, and two autonomous counties:
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| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 Census) |
Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| Lushui | 泸水市 | Lúshuǐ Shì | 184,835 | 2,938 | 62.91 |
| Fugong County | 福贡县 | Fúgòng Xiàn | 98,616 | 2,804 | 35.16 |
| Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County | 贡山独龙族怒族自治县 | Gòngshān Dúlóngzú Nùzú Zìzhìxiàn | 37,894 | 4,506 | 8.40 |
| Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County | 兰坪白族普米族自治县 | Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn | 212,992 | 4,455 | 47.80 |
Demographics
According to the 2000 Census, Nujiang has 491,824 inhabitants with a population density of 33.45 inhabitants/km2.
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Lisu | 231,819 | 47.13% |
| Bai | 132,622 | 26.97% |
| Han | 64,585 | 13.13% |
| Nu | 26,670 | 5.42% |
| Pumi | 14,374 | 2.92% |
| Yi | 9,805 | 1.99% |
| Derung | 5,456 | 1.11% |
| Naxi | 2,121 | 0.43% |
| Tibetan | 1,805 | 0.37% |
| Dai | 465 | 0.09% |
| Hui | 429 | 0.09% |
| Zhuang | 342 | 0.07% |
| Others | 1,331 | 0.28% |
Notes
References
- 1 2 Zack, Michele (2017-12-01). The Lisu: Far from the Ruler. University Press of Colorado. pp. 279–280. ISBN 978-1-60732-606-9.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture.
- Nujiang Prefecture Official Website Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
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