Meigu County is a part of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Liangshan , officially the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, south central China whose capital is Xichang. Liangshan has an area of 60,423 km² and over 4.5 million inhabitants...

. Located in the northeast part of Liangshan

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Liangshan , officially the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, south central China whose capital is Xichang. Liangshan has an area of 60,423 km² and over 4.5 million inhabitants...

, it has a major concentration of the Nuosu or Yi people

Yi people

The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...

. The county is largely mountainous. It is a poor area and much of the land has been deforested in the past 50 years.

Many bimo (shaman) live in this county, and it is home to the Cultural Centre for Bimo Studies.

• Postal code for Meigu County: 616450

Size and population

• Area: 2,574 sq. kilometers
• Percentage of cultivated land: 4.98%
• Per capita cultivated land: 733 sq. meters
• Population: 178,642
• Number of Households: 44,702
• Percentage of Yi among the population: 97.6%

Economic data, 2002

• GDP: 204,940,000 RMB

gross annual output value from:

• • Agriculture: 88,670,000 RMB
  • Forestry: 17,330,000 RMB
  • Animal husbandry: 98,670,000 RMB
  • Other: 270,000 RMB
• Net annual income averaged per farmer: 917 RMB

External links

• Land Occupation and Resettlement Plan
• Prefectural page on Meigu County (in Chinese)