Kaiyuan () is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...
within the
jurisdiction
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Jur ...
of
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (; Hani: ; Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an autonomous prefecture in Southeast-Central Yunnan Province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lào Cai and Lai Châu provinces to the south. Its name ...
in the southeast of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, 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 ...
province, China.
Geography
The maximum sea level of Kaiyuan is 2,775.6 meters and the minimum is 950 meters. The annual average temperature is 19.9 degrees Celsius.
Administrative divisions
At present, Kaiyuan City has 2 subdistricts, 2 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township.
;2 subdistricts
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Lebaidao ()
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Lingquan ()
;2 towns
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Zhongheying ()
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Xiaolongtan ()
;2 townships
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Yangjie ()
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Beige
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;1 ethnic township
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Dazhuang Hui Dàzhuāng (大庄) could refer to the following locations in China:
* Dazhuang, Yinan County, in Yinan County, Shandong
* Dazhuang Township, Minhe County, in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai
* Dazhuang Township, Gangu County, in Ga ...
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Demography
It has a population of 299,000, of whom 156,000 belong to ethnic minorities, including Yi, Zhuang, Miao, and Hui.
Ethnic groups
The ''Kaiyuan City Almanac '' (1996:618) lists the following ethnic
Yi subgroups.
*Gaisu 改苏 (autonyms: Gaisupo 改苏泼,
Luoluopo 倮倮泼; exonyms: Luoluo 倮倮); ancestors migrated from
Luxi 泸西 and
Mile
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弥勒
**Mazheshao Township 马者哨: Sanjia 三家
**Dazhuang Township 大庄: in Taoshu 桃树 and Longtan 龙潭
**Yangjie Township 羊街: in Hongtu 红土, Gucheng 古城, Wolonggu 卧龙谷
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Azha 阿扎 (exonym: Pula 朴喇); ancestors are from
Kunming
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**Daizhanpo 呆占泼: in Beige 碑格, Xiaozhao 小寨, Xiamizhe 下米者, Jiaji 架吉,
etc. of Beige Township 砷格乡
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Anipo 阿尼泼: in Zongshe 宗舍, Masangqing 马桑箐, and Qibudi 期不底, etc. of Yangjie Township 羊街乡
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Labapo 腊拨泼: in Jiagu 架古, Xieshimu 螯始母, and Luopodong 落坡洞 of Beige Township 砷格乡; Laozhai 老寨 of Dazhuang Township 大庄乡, etc.
**Axiheipo 阿洒黑泼: in Jiufang 酒房 and Hongshiyan 红石岩 of Lebaidao 乐白道; Chongmen 冲门 of Mazheshao Township 马者哨乡, etc.
**Digaopo 底高泼: in Dapingzhai 大平寨, Bajiazhai 八家寨, and Miduo 米朵 of Zhongheying Township 中和营乡; Hulutang 葫芦塘 of Mazheshao Township 马者哨乡; Adeyi 阿德邑 of Lebaidao 乐白道; Taoshu 桃树 of Dazhuang Township 大庄乡, etc.
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Azhe
Azhe (Chinese: 阿哲; Azhepo; autonym: ) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.黄建明 Huáng Jiànmíng 彝族古籍文献概要 1993 Yizu guji wenxian gaiyao utline of classical literature of Yi nationality By Hua ...
阿哲: in Jiedian 楷甸 of Lebaidao Township 乐白道; and Chongzi 冲子 of Mazheshao Township 马者哨
Daizhanpo 呆占泼 and Digaopo 底高泼 are identified by Pelkey (2011)
[Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. ''Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation''. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.] as
Hlepho Phowa speakers. Labopho means ‘Highland Pho’, and Digaopho means ‘Lowland Pho’.
Pelkey (2011:110) identifies Phowa subgroups as Hlepho (), Anipho (), Digaopho (), Labopho (), and Asaheipho ().
Culture
Kaiyuan is thought highly of in the field of traditional martial arts, and held the first Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Festival in 2006.
Economy
Kaiyuan is a long-established industrial city, which has been paying much attention to its environment problems. Its aim is "to construct an affluent city with an ecological industrial base". Kaiyuan is also home to the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
With the approval of central government, Yunnan has established an experimental zone for private small businesses at Kaiyuan
Climate
References
External links
Kaiyuan City Official Website
County-level divisions of Honghe Prefecture
Cities in Yunnan
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