Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 迪庆藏族自治州; Pinyin: Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan - བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Bde-chen Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Yunnan. It has an area of 23.870 km² and has its capital at Shangri-La County.

[edit] Population

According to the 2006 census, Dêqên has 323,556 inhabitants (population density: 14.87 inhabitants per km²).

[edit] Ethnic groups in Dêqên, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Tibetan	117,099	33.12%
Lisu	98,195	27.78%
Han	57,928	16.39%
Naxi	45,269	12.81%
Bai	18,182	5.14%
Yi	11,616	3.29%
Hui	1,496	0.42%
Pumi	1,496	0.42%
Miao	1,434	0.41%
Nu	241	0.07%
Derung	137	0.04%
Others	425	0.11%

[edit] Subdivisions

Dêqên is divided into three counties and one autonomous county.

• Shangri-La County
• Deqen County
  • Weixi Lisu Autonomous County

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Coordinates: 27°50′N 99°36′E / 27.833, 99.6