Nùjiāng Lisu Autonomous Prefecture () is an

autonomous prefecture Autonomous prefectures () are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China, existing at the prefectural level, with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities. A ...

of western/northwestern

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, People's Republic of China.

Name

It is named after the Nujiang river (the longest undammed river in Southeast Asia) and the

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ethnic group.

Administration

The seat of the prefecture is Liuku Town,

Lushui Lushui () is a county-level city in and the seat of Nujiang Prefecture, western Yunnan Province, China. It borders Myanmar's Kachin State to the west and occupies the southern fifth of Nujiang Prefecture. Administrative divisions Lushui City has ...

. The prefecture is subdivided into four county-level divisions: one

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, one

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, and two

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Demographics

According to the 2000

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Nujiang has 491,824 inhabitants with a population density of 33.45 inhabitants/km².

Ethnic groups in Nujiang, 2000 census

External links

Nujiang Prefecture Official Website
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