Mile (; ;

Hani language The Hani language (Hani: or '; ; vi, Tiếng Hà Nhì) is a language of the Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman linguistic group spoken in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam by the Hani people. Distribution In China, Hani is spoken most ...

: ; Yi: ) is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

located in

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (; Hani: ; Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an autonomous prefecture in Southeast-Central Yunnan Province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lào Cai and Lai Châu provinces to the south. Its name ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...

province, China. It is named after the

Maitreya Maitreya (Sanskrit: ) or Metteyya (Pali: ), also Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha, is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. As the 5th and final Buddha of the current kalpa, Maitreya's teachings will be aimed a ...

Buddha, for which there was a temple located on a nearby mountain, making it the only city in China named after The Buddha. It is a center for sugar and tobacco production in Yunnan.

History

Mile has been known since at least 116 BC in written history. In 1290 it was established as a prefecture and in 1770 as a county. It is the birthplace of Ming dynasty politician Yang Shengwu ( 杨绳武), Qing dynasty merchant Wang Chi ( :zh:王炽) and Republic era general Zhang Chong and mathematician Xiong Qinglai. In 2014, Mile County was upgraded as a county level city.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Mile City has 10 towns and 2 townships. ;10 towns ;2 townships * Wushan () * Jiangbian ()

Demographics

Mile has a population of 570,100 as of 2021, including 44.9%

ethnic minorities The term 'minority group' has different usages depending on the context. According to its common usage, a minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number o ...

. The ''Mile County Gazetteer'' 弥勒县志 (1987:689-699) reports the following Yi subgroups. * Axi 阿细 (Xishan Yi) * Azhe 阿哲: in Wushan 五山, Xunjian 巡检, and Jianbian 江边 districts * Awu 阿乌: 8,710 persons as of 1984 *Black Yi 黑彝: in Wushan 五山, Xishan 西山, and Dongshan 东山 districts **Large Black Yi 大黑彝 subgroup (autonym: Nasubo 纳苏波) **Small Black Yi 小黑彝 subgroup * Sani 撒尼 (autonym: Sanibo 撒尼波) *White Yi 白彝 ** Nasubo 纳苏波 subgroup: in Dongshan 东山 and Xinshao 新哨 districts **White Yi 白彝 subgroup: in Xier District 西二区 * Gebo 葛波 (exonym: Guzu 古族) The local Yi people have a ceremony to worship their fire god once a year.

Climate

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External links

Mile County
County-level divisions of Honghe Prefecture Cities in Yunnan {{Yunnan-geo-stub