Qiannan Buyei and

Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

Autonomous Prefecture (; Buyei: ''Qianfnanf Buxqyaix Buxyeeuz ziqziqzouy'';

Hmu The Hmu language (''hveb Hmub''), also known as Qiandong Miao (黔东, Eastern Guizhou Miao), Central Miao, East Hmongic, or (somewhat ambiguously) Black Miao, is a dialect cluster of Hmongic languages of China. The best studied dialect is that ...

: ''Qeef Naif Dol Yat Dol Hmub Zid Zid Zeb'') 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. ...

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province,

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, bordering

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...

to the south. The prefecture's seat is Duyun, while its area is . The name "" derives from the prefecture's south-central location in the province; "" is the official abbreviation for Guizhou, while "" means "south".

Demographics

According to the 2000

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, Qiannan Prefecture has 3,569,847 inhabitants with a

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of 136.22 inhabitants/km²; at the 2010 Census, it had 3,232,714 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups in Qiannan, 2000 census

Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 12 county-level divisions: 2

county-level cities A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

, 9

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, and 1

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 ...

. *County-level cities: **

Duyun City Duyun () is the capital of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The area surrounding the city was affected by the Miao rebellion of 1735–36. The city participated in the uprising ...

() ** Fuquan City () *Counties: **

Guiding County Guiding County () is a county of south-central Guizhou, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat is located in the town of Chengguan. The town of Changmingzhen ...

() ** Huishui County () ** Luodian County () **

Weng'an County Weng'an County () is a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China. Weng'an has an area of 1973.8 square kilometers and a population of 460,600 as of 2003. Gallery Voa chinese +stone tablet 29jun10 300.jpg, Stone table ...

() **

Libo County Libo County () is a county of southern Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Geography The county is located in the remote southeastern corne ...

() **

Longli County Longli County () is a county of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in central Guizhou Province, China. Area: . Population: 205,400 in 2003, including 78,300 population of minority ethnic groups Postal Code: 551200. Telephone Are ...

() ** Pingtang County () **

Changshun County Changshun County () is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (; Buyei: ''Qianfnanf Buxqyaix Buxyeeuz ziqziqzouy''; Hmu: ''Qeef ...

() **

Dushan County Dushan County () is a county of 346,000 people (2007) in Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of the province, bordering Guangxi to the south. The county seat is the t ...

() *Autonomous county: ** Sandu Shui Autonomous County ()

References

Cities in Guizhou Autonomous prefectures of the People's Republic of China Prefecture-level divisions of Guizhou Miao autonomous prefectures {{Guizhou-geo-stub