Luxi County () is located in
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, s=红河哈尼族彝族自治州, t=紅河哈尼族彝族自治州, p=Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Hani language, Hani: ; Yi script, Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an auto ...
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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. Luxi was the capital of the medieval Yi
Ziqi Kingdom.
Luxi County borders
Qiubei County across the Nanpan River to the southeast,
Shizong County to the northeast,
Luliang County
Luliang County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qujing, in the east of Yunnan province of southwestern China. It borders Luoping County to the east, Yiliang County, Kunming to the west, Shizong County, Luxi ...
and
Shilin County to the northwest, and
Mile City to the south.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Luxi County has 5 towns and 3 townships.
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Xiangyang
Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River (Hanshui), Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city n ...
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Santang ()
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Yongning ()
Ethnic groups
There are five ethnic Yi subgroups in Luxi County, namely White Yi 白彝, Sani 撒尼, Black Yi 黑彝, Awu 阿乌, and Dry Yi 干彝, with the Dry Yi living mostly in Xiaobai Shitou 小白石头 and Baishui Wunaibai 白水吾乃白 of Jinma Town 金马镇.
[泸西县文联. 2014]
泸西彝族――“东爨乌蛮”的后裔
Climate
References
External links
Luxi County
County-level divisions of Honghe Prefecture
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