List of administrative divisions of Yunnan explained

Yunnan Province
Type:Province
Capital:Kunming
Prefectural Cities:8
Autonomous Prefectures:8
County Cities:17
Counties:66
Autonomous Counties:29
Districts:17
Towns:683
Townships:545
Ethnic Townships:140
Subdistricts:175
Communities:2,421
Villages:11,902
Footnotes:Source: Yunnan Statistical Yearbook 2018[1]

Yunnan, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.

Administrative divisions

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at political divisions of China.

Prefecture levelCounty Level
NameChineseHanyu PinyinDivision code[2]
Kunming city
Chinese: 昆明市

(Capital)
(5301 / KMG)		Chinese: 五华区 530102 WHA
Chinese: 盘龙区 530103 PLQ
Chinese: 官渡区 530111 GDU
Chinese: 西山区 530112 XSN
Chinese: 东川区 530113 DCU
Chinese: 呈贡区 530114 CGG
Chinese: 晋宁区 530115 JNE
Chinese: 富民县 530124 FMN
Chinese: 宜良县 530125 YIL
Chinese: 石林县 530126 SLY
Chinese: 嵩明县 530127 SMI
Chinese: 禄劝县 530128 LUC
Chinese: 寻甸县 530129 XDN
Anning city Chinese: 安宁市 530181 ANG
Qujing city
Chinese: 曲靖市

(5303 / QJS)		Chinese: 麒麟区 530302 QLQ
Chinese: 沾益区 530303 ZYB
Chinese: 马龙区 530304
Chinese: 陆良县 530322 LLX
Chinese: 师宗县 530323 SZD
Chinese: 罗平县 530324 LPX
Chinese: 富源县 530325 FYD
Chinese: 会泽县 530326 HUZ
Xuanwei city Chinese: 宣威市 530381 XWS
Yuxi city
Chinese: 玉溪市

(5304 / YXS)		Chinese: 红塔区 530402 HTA
Chinese: 江川区 530403 JCY
Chinese: 通海县 530423 THI
Chinese: 华宁县 530424 HND
Chinese: 易门县 530425 YMD
Chinese: 峨山县 530426 ESN
Chinese: 新平县 530427 XNP
Chinese: 元江县 530428 YJA
Chengjiang city Chinese: 澄江市 530481
Baoshan city
Chinese: 保山市

(5305 / BOS)		Chinese: 隆阳区 530502 LGU
Chinese: 施甸县 530521 SDD
Chinese: 龙陵县 530523 LGL
Chinese: 昌宁县 530524 CND
Tengchong city Chinese: 腾冲市 530581 TCT
Zhaotong city
Chinese: 昭通市

(5306 / ZTS)		Chinese: 昭阳区 530602 ZGQ
Chinese: 鲁甸县 530621 LDX
Chinese: 巧家县 530622 QJA
Chinese: 盐津县 530623 YJD
Chinese: 大关县 530624 DGN
Chinese: 永善县 530625 YSB
Chinese: 绥江县 530626 SUJ
Chinese: 镇雄县 530627 ZEX
Chinese: 彝良县 530628 YLG
Chinese: 威信县 530629 WIX
Shuifu city Chinese: 水富市 530681
Lijiang city
Chinese: 丽江市

(5307 / LJH)		Chinese: 古城区 530702 GUQ
Chinese: 玉龙县 530721 YLZ
Chinese: 永胜县 530722 YOS
Chinese: 华坪县 530723 HAP
Chinese: 宁蒗县 530724 NLG
Pu'er city
Chinese: 普洱市

(5308 / PRS)		Chinese: 思茅区 530802 SYM
Chinese: 宁洱县 530821 NER
Chinese: 墨江县 530822 MJG
Chinese: 景东县 530823 JDD
Chinese: 景谷县 530824 JGD
Chinese: 镇沅县 530825 ZYY
Chinese: 江城县 530826 JCE
Chinese: 孟连县 530827 MLN
Chinese: 澜沧县 530828 LCA
Chinese: 西盟县 530829 XMG
Lincang city
Chinese: 临沧市

(5309 / LIH)		Chinese: 临翔区 530902 LXU
Chinese: 凤庆县 530921 FQX
Yunxian County Chinese: 云县 530922 YXP
Chinese: 永德县 530923 YDX
Chinese: 镇康县 530924 ZKG
Chinese: 双江县 530925 SGJ
Chinese: 耿马县 530926 GMA
Chinese: 沧源县 530927 CYN
Chuxiong Prefecture
Chinese: 楚雄州

(5323 / CXD)		Chuxiong City Chinese: 楚雄市 532301 CXS
Chinese: 禄丰市 532302 LFS
Chinese: 双柏县 532322 SBA
Chinese: 牟定县 532323 MDI
Chinese: 南华县 532324 NHA
Chinese: 姚安县 532325 YOA
Chinese: 大姚县 532326 DYO
Chinese: 永仁县 532327 YRN
Chinese: 元谋县 532328 YMO
Chinese: 武定县 532329 WDX
Honghe Prefecture
Chinese: 红河州

(5325 / HHZ)		Gejiu city Chinese: 个旧市 532501 GJU
Kaiyuan city Chinese: 开远市 532502 KYD
Mengzi city Chinese: 蒙自市 532503 MEZ
Mile city Chinese: 弥勒市 532504 MLY
Chinese: 屏边县 532523 PBN
Chinese: 建水县 532524 JSD
Chinese: 石屏县 532525 SPG
Chinese: 泸西县 532527 LXD
Chinese: 元阳县 532528 YYD
Chinese: 红河县 532529 HHX
Chinese: 金平县 532530 JNP
Chinese: 绿春县 532531 LCX
Chinese: 河口县 532532 HKM
Wenshan Prefecture
Chinese: 文山州

(5326 / WSZ)		Wenshan city Chinese: 文山市 532601 WSB
Chinese: 砚山县 532622 YSD
Chinese: 西畴县 532623 XIC
Chinese: 麻栗坡县 532624 MLP
Chinese: 马关县 532625 MGN
Chinese: 丘北县 532626 QBE
Chinese: 广南县 532627 GGN
Chinese: 富宁县 532628 FND
Xishuangbanna Prefecture
Chinese: 西双版纳州

(5328 / XSB)		Jinghong city Chinese: 景洪市 532801 JHG
Chinese: 勐海县 532822 MHI
Chinese: 勐腊县 532823 MLA
Dali Prefecture
Chinese: 大理州

(5329 / DLZ)		Dali city Chinese: 大理市 532901 DLS
Chinese: 漾濞县 532922 YGB
Chinese: 祥云县 532923 XYD
Chinese: 宾川县 532924 BCD
Chinese: 弥渡县 532925 MDU
Chinese: 南涧县 532926 NNJ
Chinese: 巍山县 532927 WSY
Chinese: 永平县 532928 YPX
Chinese: 云龙县 532929 YLO
Chinese: 洱源县 532930 EYN
Chinese: 剑川县 532931 JIC
Chinese: 鹤庆县 532932 HQG
Dehong Prefecture
Chinese: 德宏州

(5331 / DHG)		Ruili city Chinese: 瑞丽市 533102 RUI
Mangshi city Chinese: 芒市 533103 MAB
Chinese: 梁河县 533122 LHD
Chinese: 盈江县 533123 YGL
Chinese: 陇川县 533124 LCN
Nujiang Prefecture
Chinese: 怒江州

(5333 / NUJ)		Lushui city Chinese: 泸水市 533302 LMS
Chinese: 福贡县 533323 FGO
Chinese: 贡山县 533324 GSN
Chinese: 兰坪县 533325 LPG
Dêqên (Diqing) Prefecture
Chinese: 迪庆州

(5334 / DEZ)		Xianggelila city Chinese: 香格里拉市 533401 SEL
Chinese: 德钦县 533422 DQN
Chinese: 维西县 533423 WXI

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Date Before After Note Reference[3] [4]
1981-01-18 Zhaotong County Zhaotong (PC-City) established
1981-05-09 Pu'er County Simao County established
1981-08-14 Shuifu (CC-District) Shuifu County reorganized
Yanjin County merged into
Suijiang County merged into
1981-11-18 Kaiyuan County Kaiyuan (PC-City) reorganized
1983-01-18 all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) Civil Affairs Announcement
all Prefecture-controlled city/town (PC-City/Town) → County-level city/town (CL-City/Town)
1983-09-09 Qujing Prefecture Kunming (PL-City) transferred
↳ Yiliang County ↳ Yiliang County transferred
↳ Songming County ↳ Songming County transferred
↳ Lunan County (Aut.) ↳ Lunan County (Aut.) transferred
Chuxiong Prefecture (Aut.) Kunming (PL-City) transferred
↳ Luquan County ↳ Luquan County transferred
Zhaotong County Zhaotong (CL-City) merged into
Qujing County Qujing (CL-City) reorganized
Zhanyi County merged into
Yuxi County Yuxi (CL-City) reorganized
Baoshan County Baoshan (CL-City) reorganized
Dali County Dali (CL-City) reorganized
Xiaguan (CL-City) merged into
1985-01-31 Wanding (CL-Town) Wanding (CL-City) reorganized
1985-06-11 Shuangjiang County Shuangjiang County (Aut.) reorganized
Weixi County Weixi County (Aut.) reorganized
Jingdong County Jingdong County (Aut.) reorganized
Jinggu County Jinggu County (Aut.) reorganized
Pu'er County Pu'er County (Aut.) reorganized
Yangbi County Yangbi County (Aut.) reorganized
Luquan County Luquan County (Aut.) reorganized
Jinping County Jinping County (Aut.) reorganized
1986-09-24 Bijiang County Lushui County disestablished & merged into
Fugong County disestablished & merged into
1987-11-27 Lanping County Lanping County (aut.) reorganized
1990-02-03 Zhenyuan County Zhenyuan County (Aut.) reorganized
1992-06-26 Ruili County Ruili (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [1992]69
1993-03-25 Simao County Simao (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [1993]61
1993-12-22 Jinghong County Jinghong (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [1993]256
1994-02-18 Xuanwei County Xuanwei (CL-City) reorganized
1995-10-13 Anning County Anning (CL-City) reorganized
1996-10-28 Luxi County Luxi (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [1996]80
1997-05-06 Qujing Prefecture Qujing (PL-City) reorganized State Council [1997]32
Qujing (CL-City) Qilin District disestablished & established
Zhanyi County disestablished & established
1997-12-13 Yuxi Prefecture Yuxi (PL-City) reorganized State Council [1997]108
Yuxi (CL-City) Hongta District disestablished & established
1998-10-08 Lunan County (Aut.) Shilin County (Aut.) renamed
1998-12-06 Dongchuan (PL-City) Kunming (PL-City) disestablished & merged into
↳ Dongchuan District reorganized & transferred
Qujing (CL-City) Kunming (PL-City) transferred
↳ Xundian County (Aut.) ↳ Xundian County (Aut.) transferred
1999-01-02 Wanding (CL-City) Ruili (CL-City) merged into State Council [1999]1
2000-12-30 Baoshan Prefecture Baoshan (PL-City) reorganized
Baoshan (CL-City) Longyang District reorganized
2001-01-30 Zhaotong Prefecture Zhaotong (PL-City) reorganized State Council [2001]6
Zhaotong (CL-City) Zhaoyang District reorganized
2001-12-17 Zhongdian County Xianggelila County renamed Civil Affairs [2001]348
2002-12-26 Lijiang Prefecture Lijiang (PL-City) reorganized State Council [2002]122
Lijiang (CL-City) Gucheng District reorganized
Lijiang County (Aut.) Yulong County (Aut.) renamed
2003-10-30 Simao Prefecture Simao (PL-City) reorganized State Council [2003]113
Simao (CL-City) Cuiyun District reorganized
2003-10-30 Lincang Prefecture Lincang (PL-City) reorganized State Council [2003]136
Lincang (CL-City) Linxiang District reorganized
2007-01-21 Simao (PL-City) Pu'er (PL-City) renamed State Council [2007]8
Cuiyun District Simao District renamed
Pu'er County (Aut.) Ning'er County (Aut.) renamed
2010-07-20 Luxi (CL-City) Mangshi (CL-City) renamed State Council [2010]166
2010-09-10 Mengzi County Mengzi (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2010]219
2010-12-02 Wenshan County Wenshan (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2010]295
2011-05-20 Chenggong County Chenggong District reorganized State Council [2011]58
2013-01-24 Mile County Mile (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2013]29
2014-12-16 Xianggelila County Xianggelila (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2014]375
2015-08-01 Tengchong County Tengchong (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2015]248
2015-12-03 Jiangchuan County Jiangchuan District reorganized State Council [2015]208
2016-03-20 Zhanyi County Zhanyi District reorganized State Council [2016]54
2016-06-16 Lushui County Lushui (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2016]176
2016-11-24 Jinning County Jinning District reorganized State Council [2016]187
2018-02-09 Malong County Malong District reorganized State Council [2018]24
2018-07-02 Shuifu County Shuifu (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2018]108
2019-11-20 Chengjiang County Chengjiang (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs [2019]124

Population composition

Prefectures

Prefecture20102000
Kunming6,432,2125,781,294
Qujing5,855,0555,466,100
Yuxi2,303,5112,073,005
Baoshan2,506,4912,348,315
Zhaotong5,213,5334,592,388
Lijiang1,244,7691,126,646
Pu'er2,542,8982,395,248
Lincang2,429,5052,228,785
Dehong1,211,4401,071,300
Nujiang534,337491,824
Dêqên (Diqing)400,182353,518
Dali3,456,0003,297,000
Chuxiong2,684,1742,542,465
Honghe4,501,0004,130,500
Wenshan3,517,9413,268,553
Xishuangbanna1,133,515993,397

Counties

NamePrefecture2010
Kunming 855,521
Kunming 809,881
Kunming 853,371
Kunming 753,813
Kunming 271,917
Kunming 310,843
Kunming 283,784
Kunming 145,554
Kunming 419,400
Kunming 287,095
Kunming 246,220
Kunming 396,404
Kunming 457,068
Kunming 341,341
Qujing 740,747
Qujing 184,989
Qujing 622,397
Qujing 392,361
Qujing 549,680
Qujing 722,640
Qujing 908,292
Qujing 431,058
Qujing 1,302,891
Yuxi 495,129
Yuxi 280,889
Yuxi 169,366
Yuxi 300,800
Yuxi 214,650
Yuxi 177,110
Yuxi 162,831
Yuxi 285,344
Yuxi 217,392
Baoshan 935,618
Baoshan 305,223
Baoshan 644,765
Baoshan 277,319
Baoshan 343,566
Zhaotong 787,845
Zhaotong 390,654
Zhaotong 516,349
Zhaotong 369,881
Zhaotong 263,225
Zhaotong 394,267
Zhaotong 153,091
Zhaotong 1,328,375
Zhaotong 521,838
Zhaotong 385,865
Zhaotong 102,143
Lijiang 211,151
Lijiang 214,697
Lijiang 392,024
Lijiang 168,028
Lijiang 258,869
Pu'er 296,500
Pu'er 185,700
Pu'er 360,500
Pu'er 359,500
Pu'er 291,700
Pu'er 208,600
Pu'er 121,500
Pu'er 135,500
Pu'er 491,900
Pu'er 91,300
Lincang 323,708
Lincang 458,330
Lincang 449,460
Lincang 369,702
Lincang 176,356
Lincang 176,549
Lincang 296,302
Lincang 179,098
Chuxiong 588,620
Chuxiong 159,867
Chuxiong 208,726
Chuxiong 236,138
Chuxiong 197,676
Chuxiong 273,315
Chuxiong 109,304
Chuxiong 215,795
Chuxiong 271,963
Chuxiong 422,770
Honghe 417,200
Honghe 459,800
Honghe 322,700
Honghe 539,700
Honghe 299,100
Honghe 531,500
Honghe 400,700
Honghe 396,800
Honghe 296,500
Honghe 222,200
Honghe 154,000
Honghe 356,200
Honghe 104,600
Wenshan 481,504
Wenshan 463,264
Wenshan 255,286
Wenshan 277,960
Wenshan 367,507
Wenshan 477,441
Wenshan 787,449
Wenshan 407,530
Xishuangbanna 519,935
Xishuangbanna 331,850
Xishuangbanna 281,730
Dali 652,000
Dali 456,000
Dali 349,000
Dali 313,000
Dali 175,000
Dali 200,000
Dali 268,000
Dali 170,000
Dali 255,000
Dali 102,000
Dali 212,000
Dali 304,000
Dehong 180,627
Dehong 389,891
Dehong 154,175
Dehong 305,167
Dehong 181,580
Nujiang 184,835
Nujiang 98,616
Nujiang 37,894
Nujiang 212,992
Dêqên 172,988
Dêqên 66,589
Weixi toDêqên 160,605

List of autonomous subdivisions by ethnic group

There are 29 autonomous counties and 8 autonomous prefectures assigned to 18 different ethnic minorities in Yunnan.

Yi (15 counties, 2 prefectures)
Hui (2 counties)
Miao (3 counties, 1 prefecture)
Yao (2 counties)
Zhuang (1 prefecture)
Dai (6 counties, 2 prefectures)
Lahu (4 counties)
Hani (5 counties, 1 prefecture)
Wa (5 counties)
Bulang (1 county)
Jingpo (1 prefecture)
Bai (1 county, 1 prefecture)
Lisu (1 county, 1 prefecture)
Naxi (1 county)
Pumi (1 county)
Dulong (1 county)
Nu (1 county)
Tibetan (1 prefecture)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Statistical Bureau of Yunnan Province . 2018 . zh:云南统计年鉴2018 . Yunnan Statistical Yearbook 2018 . http://www.stats.yn.gov.cn/tjsj/tjnj/201812/t20181206_823753.html . . China Statistics Press . 978-7-5037-8518-4 .
  2. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/xzqhdm/201504/t20150415_712722.html 最新县及县以上行政区划代码（截止2014年10月31日）
  3. Web site: zh:中华人民共和国行政区划沿革 (1949-2006). http://www.gov.cn/test/2006-02/27/content_212020.htm. www.gov.cn. Government of the People's Republic of China. 11 January 2016.
  4. Web site: zh:县级以上行政区划变更情况 (1999-present). http://202.108.98.30/description?dcpid=1. www.mca.gov.cn. Ministry of Civial Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 11 January 2016.

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