Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, s=红河哈尼族彝族自治州, t=紅河哈尼族彝族自治州, p=Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Hani: ; Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an

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in Southeast-Central

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, China, bordering Vietnam's

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and Lai Châu provinces to the south. Its name is derived from the Hong (Red) River and the two major ethnic minority groups who live there: the Yi and the Hani. Honghe has an area of and its seat is Mengzi. The total population is 4.8 million, of which 61.3% belong to

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. In 2008, the ''State Administration of Cultural Heritage'' of the People's Republic of China nominated the Honghe Hani Terraced Fields of Yuanyang County for

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status. It was added to the list on 22 June 2013, bringing the total number of World Heritage Sites in China to 45.

Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 13 county-level divisions: 4

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Demographics

At the end of 2019, Honghe Prefecture had 4.775 million residents, of which 61.3% belonged to

Ethnic groups in Honghe, 2010 census

Ethnic subgroups

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Honghe Prefecture has the following ethnic Hani subgroups (''Honghe Ethnic Gazetteer'' 1989:32): * Hani * Nuobi * Nuomei * Ache * Lami * Baihong * Asuo * Budu * Qide * Gehe * Biyue *

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*Ha'ou () * Enu (Ximoluo) Honghe Prefecture has the following 10 ethnic Yi subgroups (''Honghe Ethnic Gazetteer'' 1989:68): *Nisubo (exonyms and other names: Luoluo , Sandaohong , Huayao , Muji ) *Nibo (exonyms and other names: Sani , Azhe ) *Gepo (exonyms and other names: White Yi ) *Siqi (exonyms and other names: Large Black Yi , Small Black Yi ) *Axibo (exonyms and other names: Axi ) *Puwabo , Pulebo (exonyms and other names: Pula ) *Alubo (exonyms and other names: Alu ) *Lesubo (exonyms and other names: Shansu ) *Luobo (exonyms and other names: Awu , Laowu ) *Xiangtang

Transportation

Roads

* G80 Guangzhou–Kunming Expressway * G8011 Kaiyuan–Hekou Expressway * G5615 Tianbao–Houqiao Expressway * S45 Yuanjiang–Manhao Expressway *

China National Highway 219 China National Highway 219 (G219; Chinese language, Chinese: ''Guódào219'') is a highway which runs along the entire western and southern border of the People's Republic of China, from Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township, Kom-Kanas Mongolian et ...

* China National Highway 323 * China National Highway 326 * China National Highway 553

Railways

The prefecture is crossed by the early-20th century narrow-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway and its branches. These railways have lost most of their economic importance after the opening of the standard-gauge Kunming-Hekou railway (whose sections within the prefecture are the Yuxi–Mengzi Railway and the Mengzi–Hekou Railway). The prefecture is also served by the

Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway (formerly known as the Yunnan–Guangxi high-speed railway) is a high-speed railway connecting Nanning and Kunming, respectively the capitals of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province. It has ...

and Mile–Mengzi Railway (under construction).

Airport

Honghe Mengzi Airport is being built in the prefectural capital Mengzi.

References

External links

Honghe Prefecture official website

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