Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Nujiang Prefecture 怒江州 · ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ
Autonomous prefecture
怒江傈僳族自治州 ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Location of Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan
Coordinates (Nujiang Prefecture government): 25°49′03″N 98°51′24″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture seat	Lushui (Liuku)
Area
• Total	14,588.92 km2 (5,632.81 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	534,337
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	673100
Area code	0886
ISO 3166 code	CN-YN-33
Website	www.nj.yn.gov.cn

Nùjiāng Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 怒江傈僳族自治州; pinyin: Nùjiāng Lìsùzú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture of western/northwestern Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.

Name

It is named after the Nujiang river (the longest undammed river in South-east Asia) and the Lisu ethnic group.

Administration

The seat of the prefecture is Liuku Town, Lushui.

The prefecture is subdivided into four county-level divisions: one county-level city, one county, and two autonomous counties:

Map
Lushui (city) Fugong County Gongshan County Lanping County
Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
Lushui	泸水市	Lúshuǐ Shì	184,835	2,938	62.91
Fugong County	福贡县	Fúgòng Xiàn	98,616	2,804	35.16
Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County	贡山独龙族怒族自治县	Gòngshān Dúlóngzú Nùzú Zìzhìxiàn	37,894	4,506	8.40
Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County	兰坪白族普米族自治县	Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn	212,992	4,455	47.80

Demographics

According to the 2000 Census Nujiang has 491,824 inhabitants with a population density of 33.45 inhabitants/km².

Ethnic groups in Nujiang, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Lisu	231,819	47.13%
Bai	132,622	26.97%
Han	64,585	13.13%
Nu	26,670	5.42%
Pumi	14,374	2.92%
Yi	9,805	1.99%
Derung	5,456	1.11%
Naxi	2,121	0.43%
Tibetan	1,805	0.37%
Dai	465	0.09%
Hui	429	0.09%
Zhuang	342	0.07%
Others	1,331	0.28%

External links

• Nujiang Prefecture Official Website