Napo County Explained

Napo
Native Name:	· Zhuang; Chuang: Nazboh Yen
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Settlement Type:	County
Coordinates:	23.387°N 105.833°W
Pushpin Map:	China Guangxi
Pushpin Label:	Napo
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the seat in Guangxi
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	China
Subdivision Type1:	Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:	Guangxi
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Baise
Seat Type:	County seat
Seat:	Chengxiang
Area Total Km2:	2230
Population Total:	171,781
Population As Of:	2020
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8

Napo County (; Zhuang; Chuang: Nazboh Yen) is a county in the west of Guangxi, China, bordering Yunnan province to the north and northwest as well as Vietnam's Cao Bằng and Hà Giang provinces to the south and west, respectively. It is under the administration of Baise city.

Administrative divisions

Napo County is divided into 3 towns and 6 townships:^[1]

towns

• Chengxiang 城厢镇
• Pingmeng 平孟镇
• Longhe​龙合镇

townships

• Pohe 坡荷乡
• Delong 德隆乡
• Baihe 百合乡
• Bainan 百南乡
• Baisheng 百省乡
• Baidu 百都乡

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Napo County include the following (Napo County Gazetteer).^[2]

• Han Chinese
• Zhuang people
• Buyang people
• Miao people
  • White Miao 白苗
• Yao people
  • Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶; autonyms: Xiumen 秀门, Jinmen 金门
  • Daban Yao 大板瑶; autonym: Mian 勉
• Yi people
  • White Yi 白彝
  • Red Yi 红彝

Zhuang

The "Buzhuang" 布壮 (including the Black-Clothed Zhuang 黑衣壮, or Min 敏) are located in Chengxiang 城厢, Pohe 坡荷, Longhe 龙合, Delong 德隆, Baidu 百都, Bainan 百南, Baihe 百合, Pingmeng 平孟, Baisheng 百省等乡; 461 villages.^[2]

• Buyang 布央
• Budong 布峒
• Bunong 布农
• Buyi 布依
• Burui 布锐
• Bu'ao 布嗷
• Busheng 布省
• Bujue 布决
• Buyong 布拥

Yi

In Napo County, ethnic Yi are located in the following villages.^[3]

• Chengxiang Township 城厢镇 (the county seat)
  • Dala 达腊
  • Zhexiang 者祥
  • Nianbi 念毕
• Powu, Baisheng Township 百省乡坡五彝寨

The Napo County Gazetteer (那坡县志) reports two subgroups of ethnic Yi, with respective names and geographic distributions.^{[2] [4]}

• White Yi 白彝 (White Lolo 白倮倮); also called Gaokujiao Yi 高裤脚彝, Qunku Yi 裙裤彝; autonym: Mangzuo 芒佐. Located in the following villages:
  • Dala 达腊 of Dala Village 达腊村, Chengxiang Township 城厢镇
  • Nianbi 念毕 of Dala Village 达腊村, Chengxiang Township 城厢镇
  • Zhexiang 者祥 of Nianjia Village 念甲村, Chengxiang Township 城厢镇
  • Yanhua 岩华 of Nianjia Village 念甲村, Chengxiang Township 城厢镇
  • Pobao 坡报 of Bajiaoping Village 芭蕉坪村, Nalong Township 那隆乡
  • Dawang 达汪 of Gemen Village 各门村, Nalong Township 那隆乡
  • Xiameyao 下么要/爱 of Bajiaoping Village 芭蕉坪村, Nalong Township 那隆乡
• Red Yi 红彝 (Red Lolo 红倮倮); also called Red-Head Yi 红头彝, Huayao Yi 花腰彝; autonyms: Mangji 芒集, Mieji 乜集
  • Xiahua Township 下华乡 area
    • Powu 坡五/伍 of Mianliang Village 面良村, Baisheng Township 百省乡
    • Pokang 坡康屯 of Mianliang Village 面良村, Baisheng Township 百省乡

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/10/451026.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：那坡县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.
2. http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?seachword=&K=c&A=18&rec=46&run=13
3. Guangxi Minority Languages Orthography Committee. 2008. Vocabularies of Guangxi ethnic languages [广西民族语言方音词汇]. Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House [民族出版社].
4. http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?seachword=&K=c&A=18&rec=11&run=13