Jinggu Dai and 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 ...

under the jurisdiction of

Pu'er City Pu'er is a prefecture-level city in southern Yunnan Province, China. Pu'er City governs 9 counties, 1 district, 103 townships (towns), and a total population of 2.65 million. The urban administrative center of Pu'er is Simao District, which is ...

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, China. It borders

Ning'er County The Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City in the south of Yunnan Province, China. It is in the center of Pu'er City and borders Mojiang County across the Babian River to the east and no ...

to the east,

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and Ning'er County across Weiyuan and Xiaohei Rivers to the south and southeast,

Lancang County Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (; Lahu: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southwestern Yunnan province, China. Lancang is the same as Lan Xang, and refers to the Mekong River (known in Chinese as the Lancang) o ...

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

Shuangjiang County Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County (; Awa: ) is a county in the southwest of Yunnan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lincang. Administrative divisions Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Bulan ...

across the

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to the west, and Zhenyuan County to the north.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 4 townships. ;6 towns ;4 townships

Ethnic groups

The ''Jinggu County Gazetteer'' (1993:682) lists the following ethnic groups and their locations. *Hani (pop. 2,440) **Fengshan Township 凤山乡: Wenzhe 文折村 and Wenshao 文绍村 villages (total pop. 1,562) **Bi'an Township 碧安乡 *Hui (pop. 1,711) **Weiyuan 威远, Yongping 永平, Bi'an 碧安 townships *Bulang (pop. 1,532) **Manghai Village 芒海村, Mengban Township 勐班乡 **Guangmin Village 光明村, Bi'an Township 碧安乡 **Zhongshan 钟山, Lemin 民乐, Bianjiang 边江, Banpo 半坡 townships *Bai (pop. 1,153) **Bi'an 碧安, Zhengxing 正兴, Bianjiang 边江 townships Yi subgroups in Jinggu are: *Lalu 腊鲁 (Xiangtang 香堂) *Lami 腊米 (Mili 米俐) *Gaisu 改苏 (Luoluo 倮倮) *Laluo 腊罗 (Menghua 蒙化) *Sani 撒尼 *Awu 阿武

2014 earthquake

On October 7, 2014 a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Jinggu county at 9:49 p.m. local time. The earthquake was felt in many parts of

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including the provincial capital,

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, nearly 300 miles away.

Climate

Notes

References

External links

Jinggu County Official Site
County-level divisions of Pu'er City Dai autonomous counties Yi autonomous counties Long stubs with short prose {{Yunnan-geo-stub