Chuxiong Prefecture, officially the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, c=楚雄彝族自治州 , p=Chǔxióng Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Chuxiong Yi script: ， IPA: ;

Yi script The Yi scripts (; ) are two scripts used to write the Yi languages; Classical Yi (an ideogram script), and the later Yi syllabary. The script is historically known in Chinese as ''Cuan Wen'' () or ''Wei Shu'' () and various other names (), amon ...

: ꊉꇑꆑꌠꑼꂰ; Yi Pinyin: wop lup nut su yuop mi), is an

autonomous prefecture Autonomous prefectures ( zh, c=自治州, p=zìzhìzhōu) are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China, autonomous administrative division in China, existing at the Prefecture-level divisions of China, prefectural level, with eith ...

located in central Yunnan Province, China. It borders

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to the east, Yuxi and Pu'er City to the south, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Lijiang and

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( Panzhihua and

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Nuosu language, Northern Yi: /nɛ˨˩ʂa˧/) is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. Its seat is Xichang. Liangshan covers an area o ...

) to the north. Chuxiong has an area of . The capital of the prefecture is Chuxiong City.

Subdivisions

There are two

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and eight

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Demographics

As of the 2020 Chinese

Census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Chuxiong Prefecture had a resident population of 2,416,747 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of 90.53 inhabitants/km². The 2010 Chinese

reported a resident population of 2,684,000, while 2000

recorded 2,542,530 residents.

Ethnic groups in Chuxiong, 2000 census

The ''Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac'' (1993:411) lists the following two ethnic Hani subgroups and their respective locations. * Woni () (in Shuangbai County and Chuxiong City): Fabiao , Dazhuang , Yulong , Damaidi of Shuangbai County *Luomian () (in Wuding County): Nigagu The Bai language of Chuxiong is different from Bai of Dali, but the two are mutually intelligible nonetheless (''Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac'' 1993:406)

Yi people

The ''Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2013:361) lists the following 13 ethnic Yi subgroups and their respective autonyms (endonyms), exonyms, and demographic information.

References

External links

Official Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture website
{{Clear Yi autonomous prefectures