Funing County (;

Zhuang language The Zhuang languages (; autonym: , , pre-1982: , Sawndip: 話僮, from ''vah'', 'language' and ''Cuengh'', 'Zhuang'; ) are the more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and adjacen ...

: ) is located in

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in southeastern Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, and is the easternmost prefecture-level division of the province. It borders Baise, Guangxi, to the east, Vie ...

, in the southeast of

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

province, China. It is the easternmost

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large population and geographical area. In the People's Republic of China, the constitution provides for three levels of government. Ho ...

of Yunnan, bordering

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

to the north, south and east, and

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Hà Giang Province Hà Giang (, ) was formerly a Provinces of Vietnam, province in the Northeast (Vietnam), Northeast region of Vietnam. It was located in the far north of the country, and contains Vietnam's northernmost point. It shared a 270 km long China-Vi ...

to the south.

Geography

Funing is located in the east of Wenshan Prefecture. It borders Youjiang District and

Jingxi, Guangxi Jingxi (, Standard Zhuang, Zhuang: Cingsae Si) is a county-level city of western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise City. Administrative divisions There are 11 towns and 8 townships in Jingxi: Towns: *Xinjing, Guangxi, Xinjin ...

to the east, Napo County,

to the south,

Guangnan County Guangnan County (; Zhuang languages, Zhuang: ) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. The seat of Guangnan, known today as Liancheng (), was the heart of the Gouding Kingdom () that lasted approximat ...

to the west, Xilin County and Tianlin County of Guangxi to the north, and Malipo County across the Nanli River to the southwest. It also borders the Đồng Văn District and the Mèo Vạc District of

to the south.

Administrative divisions

Funing County has 6 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;6 towns ;6 townships ;1 ethnic township * Dongbo Yao Ethnic Township ()

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups of Funing County include the following. Population statistics are from 1990, and are sourced from the ''Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (1998). *

Han Chinese The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the list of contemporary ethnic groups, world's la ...

(84,337 people) *

Zhuang people The Zhuang (; ; , , Sawndip: 佈獞) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 56 ...

(199,784 people, including the Buyang) ** Min ZhuangJohnson, Eric C. 2011.
A Lexical and Phonological Comparison of the Central Taic Languages of Wenshan Prefecture, China: Getting More Out of Language Survey Wordlists Than Just Lexical Similarity Percentages.
SIL Electronic Working Papers 2011-005: 170. ** Dai Zhuang ("Dai Tho") ** Yei Zhuang * Buyang people * Gelao people (121 people) *

Yi people The Yi or Nuosu people (Nuosu language, Nuosu: , ; see also #Names and subgroups, § Names and subgroups) are an ethnic group in South China, southern China. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 Ethnic minorit ...

(11,249 people) *

Miao people Miao is a word that the Chinese use to designate some ethnic minority groups living in southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia. Miao is thus officially recognized by the Chinese government as one of the largest ethnic minority groups that h ...

(24,414 people) **White Miao (autonym: ') **Lopsided Miao (autonym: ' **Red Miao *

Yao people The Yao people () or Dao () is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They originated in the areas around Changsha, which today is the capital of Hunan province. They s ...

(36,591 people) **Landian lue IndigoYao (Kim Mun; autonym: ') **Daban arge BoardYao (Iu Mien; autonym: ') **Shan ountainYao ("Buya "; autonym: ') The Zheyuan people of Dongbo and Guichao ,Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1960).
Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao ''云南民族识别综合调查报告''
''. Kunming: Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaochazu 云南民族识别综合调查组. Funing County, are classified as ethnic Han (You 2013:290, 361-363). They numbered 1,033 persons as of 1960, and call themselves the "Yuexi people" (), while some also refer to themselves as the Buhong . The Zheyuan people migrated from Xuanhua County , Guangxi (currently the southern banks of the Yong River , in

Nanning Nanning; is the capital of the Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, southern China. It is known as the "Green City (绿城) " because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of Guangxi, Nanning ...

City, Guangxi) about 150 years ago. The Zheyuan people speak a

Yue Chinese Yue () is a branch of the Sinitic languages primarily spoken in Northern and southern China, Southern China, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang). The term Cantonese is often used to refer ...

dialect.

Zhuang

The ''Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (Lu and Nong 1998) identifies the following Zhuang subgroups.Lu Zhengyuan (吕正元) and Nong Lansheng (农览生), chief editors. 1998. ''Funing Xian Minzu Zhi uning County Nationalities Almanac'. Kunming: Yunnan Ethnic Publishing House. *Butu (布土) *Tianbao (天保) *Bu’ao (布傲) *Jiazhou (甲州) *Longjiang (龙降) *Mayang (麻央) *Yangwu (洋乌) *Buli (布俚) *Buyei (布越) *Long’an (隆安) *Buyang (布央)

Yi

According to the ''Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer'' 富宁县民族志 (1998), ethnic Yi numbered 11,249 as of 1991, or 3.15% of the total county population. The Zhuang exonym for the Yi is Bùměng 布孟 (also Měngrén 孟人). There are 92 villages with ethnic Yi (in 38 administrative villages), consisting of 54 pure Yi villages and 38 ethnically mixed villages. Ethnic Yi are found in the following villages of Funing County. *Xinhua Township 新华乡 **Gedang Village 格当村Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan. 2012. ''Subgrouping Of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study From The Perspectives Of Shared Innovation And Phylogenetic Estimation''. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington. *Banlun Township 板仑乡 **Longyang Village 龙洋村 **Longmai Village龙迈村 ***Mula 木腊 ***Zhegui 者归 ***Longzhong 龙中 ***Longxing 龙兴 ***Long'an 龙安 *Lida Township 里达镇 **Ligong Village 里拱村 *Mulun Township 睦伦乡 *Muyang Township 木央乡 **Mengmei, Puyang Village 普阳村孟梅 **Mushu Village 木树村 **Musang, Daping Village 大坪村木桑 **Mugang Village 木杠村 *Tianpeng Township 田蓬镇

Climate

Transport

*Nearest airport: Wenshan Airport

Historical sites

*Liuyi Hall of Elders 六宜村老人亭 *Poya Hall of Elders 坡芽村老人亭 *Guichao Old Town 归朝古镇 *The ancient village of Pingkun 坪坤村

References

External links

Funing County Official Website
{{Yunnan County-level divisions of Wenshan Prefecture