Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County

Luquan County
禄劝县
Autonomous County
禄劝彝族苗族自治县

Location of Luquan County (pink) and Kunming prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Country China
Province Yunnan
Prefecture Kunming
Established 1956
Area
  Total 4,378 km2 (1,690 sq mi)
Population (2003)
  Total 450,000
  Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal code 651500
Area code(s) 0871
Website http://www.luquan.gov.cn/

Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County (Chinese: 禄劝彝族苗族自治县; pinyin: Lùquàn yízú miáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Luquan town (禄劝市) is the administrative, commercial and transport hub of the county. It has two bus stations; the long-distance Kunming-Luquan bus station, near the access to the G108 highway, and the local public bus station behind the Wuxinglu street market, with buses north to Maoshan, Tuanjie, Zhongping and Sayingpan, south to Songde, east to Cuihua and west to Wuding County.

Administrative divisions

Pingshan Town, Sayingpan Town, Zhuanlong Town, Maoshan Village, Tuanjie Village, Zhongping Village, Yunlong Village, Tanglang Village, Jiaopingdu Village, Wudongde Village, Mulutang Village, Zehei Village, Cuihua Village, Jiulong Village, Wumeng Village and Xueshan Village

Of these Sayingpan-zhen (撒营盘镇), 80 km north of the county seat of Luquan, was the original site of Salaowu (撒老乌), the headquarters of the Yi.

Ethnic groups

There are 1,026 ethnic Hani as of 1990, who live in Xiaojing 硝井[1][2] and Liuhe 六合[3] of Chongde Township 崇德乡, and Xinglong 兴龙[4][5] and Chutu 初途[6] of Cuihua Township 翠华乡 (Luquan County Almanac 1995:150). The only Hani-speaking village is Liuhe 六合[7] of Chongde Township 崇德乡. Their autonym is Luomian 罗缅.

The Luquan County Almanac (1995:132) lists the following Yi subgroups.

References

Coordinates: 25°52′11″N 102°35′36″E / 25.8696114°N 102.5934649°E / 25.8696114; 102.5934649

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