Wuding County (; Chuxiong Yi script: 楚雄彝文-武定县

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History

Wuding was historically more important, being the center of a Zhou, equivalent to a prefecture-level division. The prefecture was established in 1567. In 1953 the administrative seat of the division moved to Chuxiong.

Administrative divisions

Wuding County has 7 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;7 towns ;3 townships * Tianxin () * Fawo () * Huanzhou () ;1 ethnic township * Dongpo Dai ()

Ethnic groups

Yi

The ''Wuding County Gazetteer'' (1990) lists the following Yi subgroups. *Nasu 纳苏 / Black Yi 黑彝 *Naluo 纳罗 / Gan Yi 甘彝 *Naisu 乃苏 / Red Yi 红彝 *Miqie 密切 / Micha 密岔 *Luoluo 罗罗 / White Yi 白彝 *Sani 撒尼 / Minglang 明郎

Hani

In Wuding County, ethnic Hani are found in the following locations (''Wuding County Gazetteer'' 1990:141). *Chayiyang 扯衣咩村, Ande Township 安得乡, Chadian District 插甸区 *Lower Village 下村 and Azhemi 阿者咪村 of Dacun Township 大村乡 *Zhong 中村, Xia 下村, Yangliuhe 杨柳河, and Aozi 凹子 of Huaqiao Township 花乔乡 *Shedian Village 赊甸村, Laotao Township 老滔乡 According to the ''Chuxiong Prefecture Gazetteer'' (1993:411), the Luomian 罗缅, a Hani subgroup, are located in Nigagu 尼嘎古.

Languages

Gao (2017)Gao, Katie B. 2017.
Dynamics of Language Contact in China: Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Variation in Yunnan
'. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. lists the following languages of Wuding County. Gao (2017) classifies Geipo of Wuding County as closely related to Miqie, and is not the same as the Northern Loloish language Gepo.

Climate

References

External links

Wuding County Official Website
County-level divisions of Chuxiong Prefecture {{Yunnan-geo-stub