Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture

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Location of Honghe Prefecture (yellow)

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 红河哈尼族彝族自治州; pinyin: Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan. Honghe has an area of 32.929 km². The capital of the prefecture is Gejiu.

[edit] Population

According to the 2000 census, Honghe has 4,130,463 inhabitants (population density: 125.44 inhabitants per km²).

[edit] Ethnic groups in Honghe, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	1,830,245	44.31%
Yi	973,732	23.57%
Hani	685,727	16.6%
Miao	274,147	6.64%
Zhuang	99,132	2.4%
Dai	98,164	2.38%
Yao	76,947	1.86%
Hui	68,033	1.65%
Lahu	9,900	0.24%
Bai	4,161	0.1%
Buyei	3,736	0.09%
Mongols	1,214	0.03%
Tu	835	0.02%
ethnic background not given	828	0.02%
Others	3,662	0.09%

[edit] Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 13 county-level divisions: 2 county-level cities, 8 counties, and 3 autonomous counties:

County level city: Gejiu, Kaiyuan
Counties: Mengzi, Mile County, Honghe County, Luchun County, Luxi County, Jianshui, Yuanyang, Shiping County
Autonomous county: Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Pingbian Miao Autonomous County

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Prefecture-level cities	Baoshan • Kunming • Lijiang • Lincang • Pu'er • Qujing • Yuxi • Zhaotong

Autonomous prefectures	Chuxiong • Dali • Dehong • Dêqên • Honghe • Nujiang • Wenshan • Xishuangbanna

See also: List of Yunnan County-level divisions