Tianlin County (; za, Denzlinz Yen) is a county in the west of
Guangxi
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, China, bordering the provinces of
Guizhou
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to the north and
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 ...
to the south. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Baise.
Demographics
Ethnic
Yao are distributed mostly in the townships of Lizhou 利周, Lucheng 潞城, Bagui 八桂, Nongwa 弄瓦, Fuda 福达, and Badu 八渡, while ethnic
Yi are found in Changjing Village 常井村 of Ding'an Township 定安镇.
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The Miao of Tianlin County call themselves "Mengxia 孟夏", while the Zhuang call themselves Puyue 甫越 (''bu33 jui33''), the Han call themselves Kebianren 客边人 ('guest people'), and the Yi call themselves Buna 布那.
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Yao
The Yao of Tianlin County consist of the following four subgroups.
*Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶 (autonym: Qinmen 琴门, meaning '
mountain people' 山人)
*Pangu Yao 盘古瑶 (autonym: Yumian 育棉)
*Beilou Yao 背篓瑶 (autonym: Bunu 布努)
*Mubing Yao 木柄瑶 (autonym: Nuomo 诺莫)
Notable people
*
Li Jinfang (ethnic
Zhuang): linguist at the
Minzu University of China
Climate
References
Counties of Guangxi
Counties and cities in Baise
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