Jingdong Yi Autonomous County () is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ...

in the west-central part of

Yunnan Province Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

, China. It is the northernmost

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there a ...

of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

of Pu'er.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County has 10 towns and 3 townships. ;10 towns ;3 townships * Mandeng () * Longjie () * Linjie ()

Ethnic groups

The Hani of Jingdong (autonym: Kaduo 卡多) numbered 10,861 individuals as of 1990 and live primarily in Wenjing , Zhehou , and Huashan townships. The ''Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2012:209) reports that are about 200 ethnic Bulang in Manbeng Village , Dachaoshandong Town . According to the ''Jingdong County Gazetteer'' (1994:519), ethnic Yao numbered 3,889 individuals in 1990, and lived mainly in Chaqing and Dasongshu of Taizhong . Yao language speakers, known as the Lewu Yao , were found in Puya Village , Chaqing Township (''Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer'' 2012:144). The ''Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2012) reports that the

Lewu language Lewu 乐舞 is an unclassified extinct Loloish language of Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. The Lewu are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Yao people. Demographics According to the ''Jingdong County Gazette ...

is now extinct.

Fauna

Frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

species in Jingdong County include: ;Family

Megophryidae Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to th ...

*''

Oreolalax granulosus ''Oreolalax granulosus'' is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. Being restricted to the vicinity of its type locality in Jingdong County in southern Yunnan, where it occurs in Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve. It is endemic to ...

'' (

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Ailao Mountains The Ailao Mountains (; Hani: ''Hhaqlol haolgaoq'') are located in Yunnan, China. The Ailao Mountain Nature Reserve Ailao or Ai Lao may refer to: * Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, China * 'Ailao, a traditional Samoan dance, a precursor to the Taualuga * ...

) *''

Oreolalax jingdongensis ''Oreolalax jingdongensis'' (Jingdong lazy toad or Jingdong toothed toad) is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China: it is only found in the Ailao Mountains region in Yunnan, including the Jingdong County that ...

'' (

to the

) *'' Leptolalax alpinus'' (

) *''

Xenophrys wuliangshanensis ''Boulenophrys wuliangshanensis'', commonly known as the Wuliangshan horned toad, is a species of frog found in eastern Asia. It has been found in Yunnan province in China and the state of Nagaland in India and it is thought to occur in Myanmar ( ...

'' ( type locality) *'' Xenophrys glandulosa'' ( type locality) *''

Xenophrys jingdongensis The Jingdong horned toad (''Boulenophrys jingdongensis''), or Jingdong spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae found in Yunnan and Guangxi, China. It is expected to also occur in northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are ...

'' ( type locality) *'' Xenophrys gigantica'' *'' Leptobrachium ailaonicum'' ( type locality) ;Family Ranidae *'' Nanorana bourreti'' *''

Odorrana jingdongensis ''Odorrana jingdongensis'' is a species of frogs in the family Ranidae. It is known from southern China (western and southern Yunnan, southern Guangxi) and northern Vietnam (Tùng Vài forest in Hà Giang Province and Fansipan in Lào Cai Provi ...

'' ( type locality)

Climate

References

*Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 2012. Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 景东彝族自治县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南民族出版社. *Jingdong County Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1994. Jingdong County Gazetteer 景东彝族自治县志. Chengdu: Sichuan Reference Book Press 四川辞书出版社.

External links

Jingdong County Official Site
County-level divisions of Pu'er City Yi autonomous counties {{Yunnan-geo-stub