Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture | |
— Prefecture — | |
Yi transliteration(s) | |
- Yi script | ꆃꎭ |
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- Yi | Niep Sha |
Chinese transliteration(s) | |
- Chinese | 凉山彝族自治州 |
- Pinyin | Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu |
Location of Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) within Sichuan | |
Country | China |
Province | Sichuan |
Area | |
- Total | 60,423 km² (23,329.5 sq mi) |
Population (2002) | |
- Total | 4,100,000 |
- Density | 67.9/km² (175.7/sq mi) |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Website: http://www.lsz.gov.cn/ |
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 凉山彝族自治州 ; pinyin: Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Yi: ꆃꎭ Niep Sha, pronounced [nɛ̀ʂā]) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Xichang. Liangshan has an area of 60,423 km² and over 4.1 million inhabitants (2002). It is also has the largest population of ethnic Yi people in China.
[edit] Subdivisions
Liangshan directly controls 1 county-level city, 15 counties, and 1 autonomous county.
- County-level city: Xichang
- Counties:
- Yanyuan County
- Dechang County
- Huidong County
- Ningnan County
- Puge County
- Butuo County
- Jinyang County
- Zhaojue County
- Xide county
- Mianning County
- Yuexi County
- Ganluo County
- Meigu County
- Leibo County
- Huili County
- Autonomous county: Muli Tibetan Autonomous County
[edit] Ethnic groups in Liangshan, 2000 census
Nationality | Population | Percentage |
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Han | 2,121,231 | 51.97% |
Yi people | 1,813,683 | 44.43% |
Tibetan | 60,679 | 1.49% |
Mongols | 27,277 | 0.67% |
Hui | 18,385 | 0.45% |
Miao | 11,912 | 0.29% |
Lisu | 9,121 | 0.22% |
Buyei | 5,459 | 0.13% |
Nakhi | 5,199 | 0.13% |
Others | 8,751 | 0.22% |
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