Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

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Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔南布依族苗族自治州; pinyin: Qiánnán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The capital of the prefecture is Duyun. Qiandongnan has an area of 26,207 km².

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2000 Census, Qiannan Prefecture has 3,569,847 inhabitants with a population density of 136.22 inhabitants/km².

[edit] Ethnic groups in Qiannan, 2000 census

Nationality Population Percentage
Han 1,548,120 43.37%
Buyei 1,158,710 32,46%
Miao 477,347 13.37%
Shui 286,862 8.04%
Maonan 30,958 0.87%
Zhuang 13,226 0.37%
Dong 11,337 0.32%
Yao 11,149 0.31%
She 7,130 0.2%
Yi 6,927 0.19%
Tujia 4,753 0.13%
Gelao 3,001 0.08%
Mulao 2,223 0.06%
Hui 2,116 0.06%
Others 5,988 0.17%

[edit] Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 12 county-level divisions: 1 county-level city, 10 counties, and 1 autonomous county.

  • county level city: Duyun
  • county: Guiding County, Huishui county, Luodian County, Weng'an County, Libo County, Longli County, Fuquan County, Changshun County, Dushan County
  • autonomous county: Sandu Shui Autonomous County


Prefecture-level divisions of Guizhou
Prefecture-level cities: Anshun | Guiyang | Liupanshui | Zunyi
Prefectures: Bijie | Tongren
Autonomous prefectures: Qiandongnan | Qiannan | Qianxinan
List of Guizhou County-level divisions


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