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

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 Plan

Prefectural page on Meigu County
(''in Chinese'') {{authority control County-level divisions of Sichuan Yi people Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture