Chuxiong Prefecture, officially the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (; Chuxiong Yi script: ï¼Â<small>IPA: </small>; Yi script: êÂÂêÂÂêÂÂê ê¼ê°; Yi Pinyin: wop lup nut su yuop mi), is an autonomous prefecture located in central Yunnan Province, China. It borders Kunming to the east, Yuxi and Pu'er City to the south, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Lijiang and Sichuan (Panzhihua and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture) to the north. Chuxiong has an area of . The capital of the prefecture is Chuxiong City.
There are two county-level cities and eight counties.
As of the 2020 Chinese Census, Chuxiong Prefecture had a resident population of 2,416,747 and a population density of 90.53 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>. The 2010 Chinese Census reported a resident population of 2,684,000, while 2000 Census recorded 2,542,530 residents.
The Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac (1993:411) lists the following two ethnic Hani subgroups and their respective locations.
The Bai language of Chuxiong is different from Bai of Dali, but the two are mutually intelligible nonetheless (Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac 1993:406)
The Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer (2013:361) lists the following 13 ethnic Yi subgroups and their respective autonyms (endonyms), exonyms, and demographic information.