Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
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Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture
Autonomous prefectures of China
Autonomous prefectures are one type of Autonomous areas of China, existing at the prefectural level. Autonomous prefectures either have over 50% of the population with ethnic minorities or are historically resided by significant minorities. All autonomous prefectures are mostly dominated, in...

 in Yunnan Province
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

, China
China
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Subdivisions

Map
# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population
(2003 est.)
Area (km²) Density (/km²)
1 Wenshan City 文山市 Wénshān Shì 430,000 3,064 140
2 Yanshan County
Yanshan County
Yanshan County may refer to three counties in China:* Yanshan County, Hebei , of Cangzhou, Hebei* Yanshan County, Jiangxi , of Shangrao, Jiangxi* Yanshan County, Yunnan , of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan...

砚山县 Yànshān Xiàn 440,000 3,888 113
3 Xichou County
Xichou County
Xichou County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

西畴县 Xīchóu Xiàn 250,000 1,545 162
4 Malipo County
Malipo County
Malipo County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

麻栗坡县 Málìpō Xiàn 270,000 2,395 113
5 Maguan County
Maguan County
Maguan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

马关县 Mǎguān Xiàn 350,000 2,755 127
6 Qiubei County
Qiubei County
Qiubei County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

丘北县 Qiūběi Xiàn 450,000 5,150 87
7 Guangnan County
Guangnan County
Guangnan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-Climate:-Historical sites:Grave of Princess Anhua...

广南县 Guǎngnán Xiàn 740,000 7,983 93
8 Funing County
Funing County
Funing may refer to the following locations in China:*Funing, an old name for Ningde Municipal Region, Fujian*Funing County, Hebei , of Qinhuangdao, Hebei*Funing County, Jiangsu , of Yancheng, Jiangsu...

富宁县 Fùníng Xiàn 390,000 5,459 71

Ethnic groups

Wenshan is highly diverse. Some of its ethnic groups include:
  • Tai peoples
    Tai peoples
    The Tai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which speak languages in the Tai family and share similar traditions and festivals, including...

    • Zhuang (three branches)
      • Nong
      • Sha
      • Tu
  • Kra peoples
    • Buyang
      Buyang people
      The Buyang people are an officially unrecognized Kra ethnic group living in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan and Napo County, Guangxi in China. They are closely related to the Laha, Qabiao, Gelao, and Lachi...

       - Funing County
      Funing County
      Funing may refer to the following locations in China:*Funing, an old name for Ningde Municipal Region, Fujian*Funing County, Hebei , of Qinhuangdao, Hebei*Funing County, Jiangsu , of Yancheng, Jiangsu...

      , Guangnan County
      Guangnan County
      Guangnan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-Climate:-Historical sites:Grave of Princess Anhua...

    • Lachi
      Lachi people
      The La Chi people live in the Hà Giang and Lào Cai provinces of northeastern Vietnam. Their population is approximately 10,765 people . They speak the Lachi language, which is part of the Kradai language group....

       - Maguan County
      Maguan County
      Maguan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

    • Gelao - Malipo County
      Malipo County
      Malipo County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

    • Qabiao
      Qabiao people
      The Qabiao people are an ethnic group living in Hà Giang, Vietnam, and Yunnan Province, China. and the total population was 705 in 1999, while Liang cites a total population of 777. In China, they are classified with the Yi people...

       - Malipo County
      Malipo County
      Malipo County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...

  • Miao–Yao peoples
    • Miao people
      Miao people
      The Miao or ม้ง ; ) is an ethnic group recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China as one of the 55 official minority groups. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect the self-designations of the component nations of people, which include Hmong, Hmu, A Hmao, and Kho Xiong...

    • Yao people
      Yao people
      The Yao nationality is a government classification for various minorities in China. They form one of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where they reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south...

  • Mon-Khmer peoples
    • Bolyu
      Bolyu language
      The Bolyu language is an Austro-Asiatic language of the Pakanic branch . In 1984, Bolyu was first studied by Liang Min of the Nationalities Research Institute in Beijing...

       - Guangnan County
      Guangnan County
      Guangnan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-Climate:-Historical sites:Grave of Princess Anhua...

    • Bugan
      Bugan language
      Bugan, Bogan, Pakan, or Buzhui is an Austro-Asiatic language. The existence of the Bugan language was not known by the rest of world until recently. There are about 3000 speakers, mostly in some villages in southern Guangnan and northern Xichou , Yunnan Province, China...

       - Guangnan County
      Guangnan County
      Guangnan County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-Climate:-Historical sites:Grave of Princess Anhua...

      , Xichou County
      Xichou County
      Xichou County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.-External links:*...


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