Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Coordinates: 25°49′03″N 98°51′24″E / 25.8176°N 98.8566°E / 25.8176; 98.8566
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Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Postal code
673100
Area code0886
ISO 3166 codeCN-YN-33
Websitewww.nj.yn.gov.cn
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
Nùjiāng Lìsùzú Zìzhìzhōu
Lisu nameLisu
ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture[a] is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan , China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people, who make up nearly half of the prefecture's population.

Name

It is named after the

Nujiang river (the longest undammed river in Southeast Asia) and the Lisu ethnic group.[2]

Administration

The seat of the prefecture is Liuku Town, Lushui.[2]

The prefecture is subdivided into four

county, and two autonomous counties
:

Map
Name
Hanzi
Hanyu Pinyin
Population
(2010 Census)
Area (km2) Density (/km2)
Lushui 泸水市 Lúshuǐ Shì 184,835 2,938 62.91
Fugong County 福贡县 Fúgòng Xiàn 98,616 2,804 35.16
Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County 贡山独龙族怒族自治县 Gòngshān Dúlóngzú Nùzú Zìzhìxiàn 37,894 4,506 8.40
Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County 兰坪白族普米族自治县 Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn 212,992 4,455 47.80

Demographics

According to the 2000 Census, Nujiang has 491,824 inhabitants with a population density of 33.45 inhabitants/km2.

Ethnic groups in Nujiang, 2000 census
Nationality
Population Percentage
Lisu 231,819 47.13%
Bai 132,622 26.97%
Han 64,585 13.13%
Nu 26,670 5.42%
Pumi 14,374 2.92%
Yi 9,805 1.99%
Derung
5,456 1.11%
Naxi
2,121 0.43%
Tibetan 1,805 0.37%
Dai 465 0.09%
Hui 429 0.09%
Zhuang 342 0.07%
Others 1,331 0.28%

Notes

  1. ^
    • Chinese: 怒江傈僳族自治州; pinyin: Nùjiāng Lìsùzú Zìzhìzhōu
    • Lisu: ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ

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