Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County

The Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City in the southwest of Yunnan Province, China.

Ning'er County

宁洱县
Autonomous county
宁洱哈呢族彝族自治县
Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County
Location of Ning'er County (pink) and Pu'er City (yellow) within Yunnan
Ning'er
Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates: 23°02′53″N 101°02′46″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
Prefecture-level cityPu'er
GB/T 2260 CODE[1]530821
Area
 • Total3,670 km2 (1,420 sq mi)
Population
 • Total184,235
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
665100[2]
Area code(s)0879[2]
Websitewww.ynne.net
1Yunnan Statistics Bureau
2Puer Gov.
3Yunnan Portal
Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County
Traditional Chinese寧洱哈尼族彝族自治縣
Simplified Chinese宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县

Name
Ning'er (labelled as NING-ERH (PUERH) 甯洱) (1956)

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.[3]

Administrative divisions

In the present, Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 3 townships.

6 towns
  • Ning'er (宁洱镇)
  • Mohei (磨黑镇)
  • Dehua (德化镇)
  • Tongxin (同心镇)
  • Mengxian (勐先镇)
  • Meizi (梅子镇)
3 townships
  • De'an (德安乡)
  • Puyi (普义乡)
  • Liming (黎明乡)

Demography

The population of the county has a large proportion of native Hani and Yi people in a predominantly Han Chinese population. As of 2003 the county records a population of approximately 190,000 people.

Ethnic Bai (population: 5,139) are found in Kesa 克洒, Heping village 和平村, Mengxian township 勐先乡 (Pu'er County Almanac 1993:120).[4]

The Datou 达头 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).[5]

Transport

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Area Code and Postal Code in Yunnan Province". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  3. "Tea, City Share Pu'er Name", CRI English, Beijing: China Radio International, 8 April 2007.
  4. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=142503̩
  5. You Weiqiong (尤伟琼) (2013). 云南民族识别研究 [Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House (民族出版社).


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