The Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ...

under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City in the southwest of

Yunnan Province Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in 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 Kunming. The province borders the C ...

, China.

Name

The county was formerly named Pu'er. When Simao changed its name back to Pu'er in 2007, the county's name was changed to Ning'er for clarity.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 3 townships. ;6 towns ;3 townships * De'an () * Puyi () * Liming ()

Demography

The population of the county has a large proportion of native

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and

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 ...

in a predominantly

Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive va ...

population. As of 2003 the county records a population of approximately 190,000 people. Ethnic Bai (population: 5,139) are found in Kesa , Heping village , Mengxian township (''Pu'er County Gazetteer'' 1993:120).http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=142503̩ The Datou people number 254 persons and are found in Ning'er County and Simao City. They consider themselves to be ethnic Yi, and also speak a Yi language (You 2013:133).

Climate

Transport

* China National Highway 213

References

External links

Ning'er County Official Website
County-level divisions of Pu'er City Hani autonomous counties Yi autonomous counties {{Yunnan-geo-stub