Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are Counties of China, county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. Autonomous counties tend to have a large number of ethnic minority citizens compared to ordinary counties (if not ...

in southern

Yunnan Province Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

, China. It is the northernmost

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large population and geographical area. In the People's Republic of China, the constitution provides for three levels of government. Ho ...

of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...

of Pu'er. Jingdong borders Nanhua County,

Chuxiong City Chuxiong City (; Chuxiong Yi Script: , IPA: ) is a county-level city and the capital of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Central Yunnan Province, China. Chuxiong City borders Lufeng to the east, Shuangbai County to the south, Nanh ...

and

Shuangbai County Shuangbai County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the central part of Yunnan province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division of Chuxiong Prefecture. It borders ...

to the east, Zhenyuan County to the south,

Linxiang District Linxiang District () is a district of the city of Lincang, Yunnan province, China. It borders Jingdong County Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an autonomous county in southern Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level di ...

and Yun County to the west, and Nanjian County and Midu County to the north.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County has 10 towns and 3 townships. ;10 towns ;3 townships * Mandeng () * Longjie () * Linjie ()

Ethnic groups

The Hani of Jingdong (autonym:

Kaduo Kaduo (Khatu; ) is a Southern Loloish language spoken in Mojiang, Jiangcheng, Ning'er, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximate ...

卡多) numbered 10,861 individuals as of 1990 and live primarily in Wenjing , Zhehou , and Huashan townships. The ''Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2012:209) reports that are about 200 ethnic Bulang in Manbeng Village , Dachaoshandong Town . According to the ''Jingdong County Gazetteer'' (1994:519), ethnic Yao numbered 3,889 individuals in 1990, and lived mainly in Chaqing and Dasongshu of Taizhong . Yao language speakers, known as the Lewu Yao , were found in Puya Village , Chaqing Township (''Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer'' 2012:144). The ''Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2012) reports that the

Lewu language Lewu 乐舞 is an unclassified extinct Loloish language of Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. The Lewu are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Yao people. Demographics According to the ''Jingdong County Gazetteer ...

is now extinct.

Fauna

Frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

species in Jingdong County include: ;Family

Megophryidae Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to t ...

*'' Oreolalax granulosus'' (

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Ailao Mountains The Ailao Mountains are located in Yunnan, China. They extend northward from the Yun range, and are located at the intersection of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Hengduan Mountains. The Ailao Mountain Nature Reserv ...

) *''

Oreolalax jingdongensis ''Oreolalax jingdongensis'' (Jingdong lazy toad or Jingdong toothed toad) is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China: it is only found in the Ailao Mountains region in Yunnan, including the Jingdong County that h ...

'' (

to the

) *'' Leptolalax alpinus'' (

) *''

Xenophrys wuliangshanensis ''Xenophrys'' is a genus of amphibians in the family Megophryidae. They are found in southeastern Asia (including China and northeastern India) to Borneo. Their common name is strange-horned toads. Conservation Of the 36 ''Xenophrys'' species ...

'' ( type locality) *''

Xenophrys glandulosa ''Xenophrys glandulosa'', the glandular horned toad or Jingdong spadefoot toad is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae found in Yunnan in China, in Nagaland in northeastern India, and in northern Kachin State, Myanmar. It has recentl ...

'' ( type locality) *'' Xenophrys jingdongensis'' ( type locality) *''

Xenophrys gigantica The great piebald horned toad (''Atympanophrys gigantica''), or giant spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae, endemic to China. It is known only from Jingdong Yi Autonomous County and Yongde County in southwestern Yunnan. ...

'' *''

Leptobrachium ailaonicum ''Leptobrachium ailaonicum'' (variously known as the Ailao spiny toad, Ailao moustache toad, or Yunnan moustache toad) is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. It is found in Yunnan in southern China and on Fansipan mountain in north ...

'' ( type locality) ;Family Ranidae *''

Nanorana bourreti ''Nanorana yunnanensis'', commonly known as Yunnan paa frog, Yunnan spiny frog, Bourret's paa frog or Bourret's frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in southwestern China, Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand, and ...

'' *''

Odorrana jingdongensis ''Odorrana jingdongensis'' is a species of frogs in the family Ranidae. It is known from southern China (western and southern Yunnan, southern Guangxi) and northern Vietnam (Tùng Vài forest in Hà Giang Province and Fansipan in Lào Cai Prov ...

'' ( type locality)

Climate

References

*Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 2012. Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 景东彝族自治县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南民族出版社. *Jingdong County Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1994. Jingdong County Gazetteer 景东彝族自治县志. Chengdu: Sichuan Reference Book Press 四川辞书出版社.

External links

Jingdong County official site
County-level divisions of Pu'er City Yi autonomous counties Long stubs with short prose {{Yunnan-geo-stub