Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Nujiang Prefecture 怒江州 ·
Autonomous prefecture
怒江傈僳族自治州 Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Location of Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture seat	Lushui County (Liuku)
Area
• Total	14,703 km2 (5,677 sq mi)
Population
• Total	650,000
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	673100
Area code(s)	0886
Website	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 County.

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

Map	#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
	1	Lushui County	泸水县	Lúshuǐ Xiàn	184,835	2,938	62.91
	2	Fugong County	福贡县	Fúgòng Xiàn	98,616	2,804	35.16
	3	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
	4	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

• Lushui County
• Fugong County
• Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County
• Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County

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