Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Chuxiong Prefecture, officially the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Template:Lang-zh; Chuxiong Yi script: File:楚雄彝文-楚雄彝族自治州.svg，IPA: ; Yi script: ꊉꇑꆑꌠꑼꂰ; Yi Pinyin: wop lup nut su yuop mi), is an autonomous prefecture located in central Yunnan Province, China. It borders Kunming to the east, Yuxi and Pu'er City to the south, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Lijiang and Sichuan (Panzhihua and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture) to the north. Chuxiong has an area of Template:Convert. The capital of the prefecture is Chuxiong City.

Subdivisions

There are two county-level cities and eight counties.

Map
Chuxiong (city) Lufeng (city) Shuangbai County Mouding County Nanhua County Yao'an County Dayao County Yongren County Yuanmou County Wuding County
Name	Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2020)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
Chuxiong City		Template:Transliteration	631,530	4,482	141
Lufeng City		Template:Transliteration	366,512	3,631	101
Shuangbai County		Template:Transliteration	133,884	4,045	33
Mouding County		Template:Transliteration	149,437	1,494	100
Nanhua County		Template:Transliteration	203,704	2,343	87
Yao'an County		Template:Transliteration	164,165	1,803	91
Dayao County		Template:Transliteration	228,961	4,146	55
Yongren County		Template:Transliteration	97,985	2,189	45
Yuanmou County		Template:Transliteration	201,510	1,803	118
Wuding County		Template:Transliteration	239,059	3,322	72

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Map including Chuxiong (labeled as CH'U-HSIUNG (TSUYUNG) (Walled) ) (AMS, 1954)

Demographics

As of the 2020 Chinese Census, Chuxiong Prefecture had a resident population of 2,416,747 and a population density of 90.53 inhabitants/km². The 2010 Chinese Census reported a resident population of 2,684,000, while 2000 Census recorded 2,542,530 residents.

Ethnic groups in Chuxiong, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	1,714,851	67.45%
Yi	668,937	26.31%
Lisu	51,553	2.03%
Miao	41,077	1.62%
Dai	20,514	0.81%
Hui	20,189	0.79%
Bai	15,251	0.6%
Hani	5,376	0.21
Others	4,782	0.18%

The Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac (1993:411) lists the following two ethnic Hani subgroups and their respective locations.

• Woni () (in Shuangbai County and Chuxiong City): Fabiao , Dazhuang , Yulong , Damaidi of Shuangbai County
• Luomian () (in Wuding County): Nigagu

The Bai language of Chuxiong is different from Bai of Dali, but the two are mutually intelligible nonetheless (Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac 1993:406)

Yi people

The Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer (2013:361) lists the following 13 ethnic Yi subgroups and their respective autonyms (endonyms), exonyms, and demographic information.

Subgroup	Autonyms	Exonyms	Population	Locations
Luoluo ()	Luoluopu (), Luoluoru (), Laluopu ()	White Yi (), Diga (), Gaoshan (), Alu (), Baijiaozi ()	140,000	Chuxiong (), Nanhua (), Yao'an (), Dayao (), Yanfeng (), Mouding (), Yanxing (), Guangtong (), Shuangbai (), etc.
Lipu ()	Lipu (), Maci ()	White Yi (), Li (), Li (), Maci ()	93,800	Yongren (), Yanfeng (), Dayao (), Yuanmou (), Luquan (), Wuding (), etc.
Nuosu ()	Niesupu ()	Liangshan (), Black Yi (), Man (), Mansan ()	1,643	Yuanmou (), Yongren (), Wuding (), Luquan (), etc.
Nasu ()	Nasupu (), Nisupu ()	Black Yi (), Ache (), Red Yi (), Luowu ()	120,767	Luquan (), Wuding (), Fumin (), Tianmou (), Guangtong (), Mouding (), Shuangbai (), etc.
Shansu ()	Shansuru ()	Shesu (), Shansu ()	37	Shuangbai ()
Chesu ()	Chesuru ()	Qisupu ()	2,769	Shuangbai ()
Misaru ()	Misaru ()	Menghua (), Tuzu (), Tujia ()	90	Nanhua (), Yao'an ()
Miqiepu ()	Miqiepu ()	Micha ()	7,785	Wuding (), Luoci (), Fumin (), Luquan ()
Gesupu ()	Gesupu ()	Yi ()	6,753	Yanfeng (), Wuding ()
Sani ()	Sanipu ()	Minglang ()	953	Wuding (), Luquan ()
Shui Yi ()	Popei ()	Shuitian White Yi (), Shui Yi ()	-	Dayao (), Yongren ()
Naluo ()	Naluopu (), Aluopu ()	Gan Yi ()	8,522	Wuding (), Luquan (), Yuanmou ()
Gepu ()	Gepu ()	Gan Yi ()	747	Luquan (), Wuding ()

External links

• Official Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture website