| Mianning County | |
| Native Name: | · Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꍿꆈꑤ · |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | Sichuan#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Mianning |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Sichuan |
| Coordinates: | 28.5333°N 107°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Liangshan |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Gaoyang Subdistrict |
| Area Total Km2: | 4432 |
| Population Total: | 369166 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| S: | 冕宁县 |
| T: | 冕寧縣 |
| P: | Miǎnníng Xiàn |
| Order: | st |
| Wylie: | men nying rdzong |
| Zwpy: | Mênnying Zong |
| Lang1: | Yi |
| Lang1 Content: | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꍿꆈꑤ Romanisation: rruo nuo xiep |
Mianning County (ii|ꍿꆈꑤ,) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Mianning County has a long history of being a multi-ethnic region. The Annals of Mianning County, published during the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor (1850-1861), listed a number of major ethnic groups in the region, including the Tosu, Lizu, Yi, and the Namuzi peoples.[2]
Mianning County administers 1 subdistrict, 15 towns, 2 townships, and 1 ethnic township.[3]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Yi | Romanized Yi | Administrative division code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subdistrict | ||||||
| Gaoyang Subdistrict | Chinese: 高阳街道 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꇨꑸꏦꈜ | 513433001 | |||
| Towns | ||||||
| Manshuiwan Town | Chinese: 漫水湾镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꂮꎹꃔꍔ | 513433101 | |||
| Daqiao Town | Chinese: 大桥镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꄊꐇꍔ | 513433102 | |||
| Fuxing Town | Chinese: 复兴镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꃛꑟꍔ | 513433103 | |||
| Lugu Town | Chinese: 泸沽镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꆹꇬꍔ | 513433104 | |||
| Yihai Town | Chinese: 彝海镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꎿꀸꍔ | 513433106 | |||
| Shilong Town | Chinese: 石龙镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꏃꇊꍔ | 513433107 | |||
| Hebian Town | Chinese: 河边镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꉼꀘꍔ | 513433109 | |||
| Jinping Town | Chinese: 锦屏镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꏢꀻꍔ | 513433110 | |||
| Lizhuang Town | Chinese: 里庄镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꅿꍋꍔ | 513433112 | |||
| Hui'an Town | Chinese: 惠安镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꉼꉢꍔ | 513433113 | |||
| Hongmo Town | Chinese: 宏模镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꉼꃆꍔ | 513433114 | |||
| Zeyuan Town | Chinese: 泽远镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꊱꑻꍔ | 513433115 | |||
| Ruoshui Town | Chinese: 若水镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꏌꎳꍔ | 513433116 | |||
| Miansha Town | Chinese: 棉沙镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꂴꎭꍔ | 513433117 | |||
| Mofanggou Town | Chinese: 磨房沟镇 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꃀꃔꇬꍔ | 513433118 | |||
| Townships | ||||||
| Xinxing Township | Chinese: 新兴乡 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꑝꑟꑣ | 513433230 | |||
| Jianmei Township | Chinese: 健美乡 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꏧꂮꑣ | 513433231 | |||
| Ethnic township | ||||||
| Ho'ê Tibetan Ethnic Township (He'ai) | Chinese: 和爱藏族乡 | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꉼꉟꀒꋤꑣ | 513433226 | |||
A large number of the Tosu ethnic group, which comprises about 2,000 people, live throughout Mianning County. Sizable clusters of Tosu people are located within Gaoyang Subdistrict, the former town of Houshan (后山镇, now part of Shilong), Fuxing, Hui'an, the former township of Haha (哈哈乡, now part of Gaoyang Subdistrict and Ruoshui), the former township of Linli (林里乡, now part of Fuxing), and the former town of Shaba (沙坝镇, now part of Manshuiwan).
Two of the three Ersuic languages, the critically endangered Tosu language, and the Lizu language, are spoken within Mianning County.[4] A 2013 survey found nine partial speakers of the Tosu language, all of whom lived in Mianning County, and were proficient in Southwestern Mandarin, which they used for daily life.[5]