Mile (; ;

Hani language The Hani language (Hani: or '; ; ) 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 mostly in areas to the e ...

: ; Yi: ) is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

located in

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 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 language, Hani: ; Yi script, Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an auto ...

Yunnan 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 ...

province, China. It is named after the

Maitreya Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddhahood, Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha.Williams, Paul. ''Mahayana Buddhism: Th ...

Buddha, for which there was a temple located on a nearby mountain, making it the only city in China named after a 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 Xiong Qinglai, or Hiong King-Lai (, October 20, 1893 – February 3, 1969), courtesy name Dizhi (), was a Chinese mathematician from Yunnan. He was the first person to introduce modern mathematics into China, and served as an influential preside ...

. In 2014, Mile County was upgraded as a county level city.

Geography

Mile City is located in the north of Honghe Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan. It borders

Luxi County, Yunnan Luxi County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. Luxi was the capital of the medieval Yi Ziqi Kingdom. Luxi County borders Qiubei County across the Nanpan River to the southeast, Shizong County to ...

and

Qiubei County Qiubei County () is under the administration of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in southeast Yunnan province, China. Qiubei County is bordered by Guangnan County across the Qingshui River to the east, Yanshan County, Yunnan an ...

to the east,

Jianshui County Jianshui County (; Hani: ''Jeifsyu''; Yi: ꏧꎴ / jiep sho) is a city in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan province, China. and remains an important transportation crossroad. Previously, it has been known as Lin'an () or Huili (); today, the name Lin ...

and

Huaning County Huaning County () is a county under the administration of Yuxi, in southeastern Yunnan Province, China. It borders Mile City to the east, Jianshui County to the south, Tonghai County and Jiangchuan District to the west, and Chengjiang and Yi ...

to the west,

Kaiyuan, Yunnan Kaiyuan () is a county-level city within the jurisdiction of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan province, China. Geography The maximum sea level of Kaiyuan is 2,775.6 meters and the minimum is 950 meters. It borde ...

to the south, and

Yiliang County, Kunming Yiliang County () is a county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan 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 ...

and

Shilin County Shilin Yi Autonomous County (: Sani: ) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China. It borders Yiliang County, Kunming to the west, Luliang County to the northeast, Luxi County, Yunnan to t ...

to the north.

Administrative divisions

At 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 meanings, depending on the context. According to common usage, it can be defined simply as a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half of a population. Usually a minority g ...

Ethnic groups

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

References

External links

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