Heqing County

Heqing County
鹤庆县
County
Central Heqing

Location of Heqing County (pink) and Dali Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province
Heqing
Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates: 26°33′34″N 100°10′36″E / 26.55944°N 100.17667°E / 26.55944; 100.17667Coordinates: 26°33′34″N 100°10′36″E / 26.55944°N 100.17667°E / 26.55944; 100.17667
Country People's Republic of China
Province Yunnan
Autonomous prefecture Dali
Area
  Total 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi)
Population
  Total 260,000
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code 671500
Area code(s) 0872
Climate Cwb
Website www.heqing.gov.cn

Heqing County (simplified Chinese: 鹤庆县; traditional Chinese: 鶴慶縣; pinyin: Hèqìng Xiàn) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China.

Ethnic groups

Zhuang

There are 855 Zhuang in Heqing County, most of whom reside in Luolang Village 洛崀村, Duomei Township 朵美乡 (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer 2009:224). Yunnan (1979)[1] lists the name Qing 青; their autonym is Buyi 布依, while the Han Chinese refer to them as the Zhongjiazi 仲家子. They believe that their ancestors had migrated from the Langdai 郎岱 area of Guizhou.[1] They had a population of 161 as of 1960.

Climate

References

  1. 1 2 Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1979). Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao (1960 nian) 云南民族识别综合调查报告(1960年). Kunming: Yunnan minzuxue yanjiu suoyin 云南民族学研究所印.


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