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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 Plan

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