Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County explained

Xinping
Settlement Type:Autonomous county
Official Name:
Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Yunnan#China
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within China
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Yunnan
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Yuxi
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Guishan
Area Total Km2:1114
Population As Of:2020 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:262771
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:24.0689°N 101.9889°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:653400
Area Code:0877

Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County is an autonomous county located in the central part of Yunnan Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Yuxi.

Administrative divisions

Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 4 towns and 6 townships.[2]

2 subdistricts
4 towns
  • Yangwu (Chinese: 扬武镇)
  • Mosha (Chinese: 漠沙镇)
  • Jiasa (Chinese: 戛洒镇)
  • Shuitang (Chinese: 水塘镇)
6 townships
  • Pingdian (Chinese: 平甸乡)
  • Xinhua (Chinese: 新化乡)
  • Jianxing (Chinese: 建兴乡)
  • Laochang (Chinese: 老厂乡)
  • Zhelong (Chinese: 者竜乡)
  • Pingzhang (Chinese: 平掌乡)

Ethnic groups

The Xinping County Gazetteer (1993:106, 118) lists the following Yi and Hani subgroups.

111,555 (1987); subgroups are Niesu 聂苏, Nasu 纳苏, Chesu 车苏, Lalu 腊鲁, Lawu 拉乌, Mili 咪利, Micha 密查, Xiangtang 香堂, Luowu 罗武, Menghua 蒙化

9,547 (1987)

There are various Tai ethnic groups in Xinping County.[11] They numbered 40,890 (15.54%) of the total population of Xinping County as of 2000, and include the following subgroups.[12]

These three groups are known as the 花腰傣, or 'Flowery-waisted Tai' due to the style of their women's clothing. Local Tai languages include the Yuánxīn 元新 dialect of Tai Hongjin.

The Damuyu Flowery-Waist Dai Cultural and Ecological Tourist Village (Chinese: 大沐浴花腰傣文化生态旅游村) is located in Longhe Village 龙河村, Mosha Township 漠沙镇.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 玉溪市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Government of Yuxi . zh . 2021-05-28 .
  2. Web site: 国家统计局 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2021-12-07.
  3. Web site: 新平县建兴乡挖窖村民委员会 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529175526/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250266 . dead .
  4. Web site: 新平县平掌乡瓦寺村民委员会 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529174018/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250339 . dead .
  5. Web site: 新平县平掌乡柏枝村民委员会 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529175523/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250343 . dead .
  6. Web site: 新平县漠沙镇胜利村民委员会 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529175528/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250299 . dead .
  7. Web site: 新平县建兴乡马鹿村民委员会梅子箐 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529173938/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250553 . dead .
  8. Web site: 新平县桂山镇亚尼村民委员会 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529202141/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250286 . dead .
  9. Web site: 新平县建兴乡盘龙村民委员会新寨 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529175537/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250528 . dead .
  10. Web site: 新平县建兴乡磨味村民委员会 . 2013-08-19 . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529175535/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=250265 . dead .
  11. Edmondson, Jerold A. 2008. "Shan and other Northern Tier Southeast Tai languages of Myanmar and China: Themes and Variations." In Diller, Anthony, Jerold Edmondson, & Yongxian Luo, (eds.) The Tai–Kadai languages. London: Routledge.
  12. 新平县旅游局 (2004). 花腰傣之乡:新平体脸游. .