Meigu County (; ii, ꂿꈬꑤ) is a part of the
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Liangshan (; Yi: ''Niep Sha'', pronounced ), officially the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China; its seat is Xichang. Liangshan ...
in the south of
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
province. Located in the northeast of Liangshan Prefecture, it has a major concentration of the Nuosu or
Yi people
The Yi or Nuosu people,; zh, c=彝族, p=Yízú, l=Yi ethnicity historically known as the Lolo,; vi, Lô Lô; th, โล-โล, Lo-Lo are an ethnic group
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with eac ...
. The county is largely mountainous. It is a poor area and
Many ''
bimo'' (shaman) live in this county, and it is home to the Cultural Centre for Bimo Studies.
* Postal code for Meigu County: 616450
Size and population
* Area: 2,574 sq. kilometers
* Percentage of cultivated land: 4.98%
* Per capita cultivated land: 733 sq. meters
* Population: 178,642
* Number of Households: 44,702
* Percentage of Yi among the population: 97.6%
Economic data, 2002
* GDP: 204,940,000 RMB
Gross annual output value from:
* Agriculture: 88,670,000 RMB
* Forestry: 17,330,000 RMB
* Animal husbandry: 98,670,000 RMB
* Other: 270,000 RMB
Net annual income averaged per farmer: 917 RMB
Points of interest
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Dafengding Nature Reserve
The Dafengding Nature Reserve () is located in Meigu County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and in the Mabian Yi Autonomous County in Leshan prefecture-level city, both in Sichuan Province in the People's Republic of China.
* Elevation: 1240 ...
(panda and bird habitat)
Climate
References
External links
Land Occupation and Resettlement PlanPrefectural page on Meigu County(''in Chinese'')
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County-level divisions of Sichuan
Yi people
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture