Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture[a] is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan, China. The eponymous ethnic group is the Lisu people, who make up nearly half of the prefecture's population.
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 怒江傈僳族自治州 |
| • Lisu | ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ |
Cityscape of Liuku, Lushui Tongxin Square Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Cikai The Crown Peak in Gaoligong Mountains Nujiang River across Gongshan County | |
 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 | 36.6262/km2 (94.8615/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 25.0 billion US$ 3.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 45,441 US$ 6,702 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 673100 |
| Area code | 0886 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-YN-33 |
| License Plate Prefix | 云Q |
| Website | www |
| Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture | |||||||
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| Chinese | 怒江傈僳族自治州 | ||||||
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| Lisu | ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ | ||||||
The prefecture is long and narrow, with an area of 14,585 square kilometers and a total population of 552,700. By the end of 2024, the resident population of the prefecture was 532,000, including 293,000 in urban areas and 239,000 in rural areas.[2] The capital of the prefecture is located in Liuku Town, Lushui City. Nujiang Prefecture is the only Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in China, with the Lisu ethnic group accounting for about 51% of the population, and a number of other ethnic minorities, including the Bai, Nu, Pumi and Dulong, living in the prefecture.
Economically, due to geographic constraints, the incidence of poverty in Nujiang was once as high as 56%, which is at a backward level in both China and Yunnan Province, and is one of the "Three Regions and Three Prefectures" in China that are extremely poor. Because of its location in the Hengduan Mountains, Nujiang has the natural wonder of "Three Parallel Rivers", which was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Natural Heritage List in 2003.
Name
Administration
The seat of the prefecture is Liuku Town, Lushui.[3]
The prefecture is subdivided into four county-level divisions: one county-level city, one county, and two autonomous counties:
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| 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
Geography
The Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture borders the Kachin prefecture of Myanmar to the west, with a national border of 450 kilometers. It is bordered by Nyingchi (Linzhi) City of Tibet Autonomous Region in the north, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the east and Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the south. Located in the canyon area of the Hengduan Mountains, the Salween River (Nujiang) passes through from north to south, from which the name of the prefecture is derived. It forms part of the Three Parallel Rivers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Biodiversity
The prefecture gets its name from the Chinese part of the Salween River (known as the "Nujiang River" in Chinese). The Salween is the longest undammed river in Southeast Asia and boasts a high degree of biodiversity.[5]
In terms of animals, there are 205 species of mammals in the Prefecture in 8 orders, 25 families, and 74 genera, accounting for 30.9% of the total number of mammals in China and 52% of the total number of mammals in Yunnan. There are 525 species (including subspecies) of birds, accounting for more than half of the total number of birds in Yunnan Province; there are 52 species of amphibians, accounting for 1/5 of the total number of birds in Yunnan Province; there are 76 species of reptiles, accounting for 1/3 of the total number of reptiles in Yunnan Province; there are 49 species and subspecies of fishes, and more than 1720 species of insects have been recorded in Nujiang Prefecture. More than 1720 species have been recorded.[6]
In 2011 a new species of Snub-Nosed monkeys, named the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri), was discovered in the Gaoligong Mountains, on the border area of the Nujiang Prefecture and Myanmar.[7]
