Malipo County () is under the administration of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, China, bordering Ha Giang Province to the southeast.
Geography
Malipo County is located in the south of Wenshan Prefecture, in southeastern Yunnan. It borders Funing County, Yunnan and Guangnan County to the northeast, Xichou County to the north, and Maguan County to the southwest. To the southeast, it borders 5 districts of HàGiang Province, Vietnam: Dong Van District, Yên Minh District, Quan Ba District, Vi Xuyen District and Hoàng Su Phì District.
Administrative divisions
Malipo County has 4 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township.
4 towns
6 townships
1 ethnic township
Ethnic groups
The following list of ethnic groups and subgroups, and their respective distributions, is from the Malipo County Gazetteer (2000).
- Han: 152,407 people (1990)
- Zhuang: 30,706 people (1990)
- Miao: 41,620 people (1990)
- White Miao ç½è (autonym: Mengdou èÂÂéÂÂ): Donggan, Xinzhai, Majie, Tiechang
- Flowery Miao è±è (autonyms: Mengcai èÂÂ彩, Mengleng èÂÂå·, Mengshe èÂÂèÂÂ): Malipo Town, Daping, Mengdong, Nanwenhe, Xiajinchang, Babu, Liuhe, Yangwan
- Black Miao é»Âè (autonym: Mengduo èÂÂ夺): Dongyou ä¸Âæ²¹, Jiangdong æ±Â丠of Babu Township Ã¥Â
«å¸Â乡
- Green Miao éÂÂè (autonym: Mengzhao èÂÂè¯Â): Chonggan é³干, Yangwan Township æÂ¨ä¸Â乡 and Tanshan çÂÂå±±, Babu Township Ã¥Â
«å¸Â乡
- Yao: 17,925 people (1990)
- Landian [Blue Indigo] Yao èÂÂéÂÂç¶ (autonyms: Men é¨, Jinmen éÂÂé¨)
- Horned Yao è§Âç¶ (autonym: You Mian å°¤æ£Â)
- Yi: 5,212 people (1990)
- White Luo ç½å®, also Hairy Lolo æ¯Âå®å® due to their long hair (autonym: Muyasang æÂ¨äºÂæ¡Â): Xinzhai æÂ°å¯¨ and Chengzhai Ã¥ÂÂ寨 villages of Xinzhai Township æÂ°å¯¨ä¹¡; entered Malipo County during the Qing dynasty
- Flowery Luo è±å®, formerly Head-Cutting Luo ç Â头å® (autonyms: Muji æÂ¨åÂÂ, Egao Ã¥ÂÂ稿): Mabeng 马崩, Yongli æ°¸å©, and Zhelong èÂÂ
æÂ villages of Donggan Township è£干éÂÂ; entered the Donggan area at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty. They are related to the Flower Lolo people of Ha Giang, Vietnam.
- Mengwu Ã¥ÂÂæÂ¦: Mada Village 马达, Daping Township 大åªéÂÂ; entered Malipo County at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty.
- Pubiao æÂ®æ Â, historically Woni çªÂæ³¥, and Pubiao Lolo æÂ®æ Âå®å® during the Republic of China era (autonym: Geibiao ç»Âæ Â): Punong æÂ®å¼Â, Pufeng æÂ®å³°, Longlong ç«Â/é¾Âé¾Â, and other villages. Their ancestors were reported to have migrated from a location called Dayandong 大岩洠in Pumei æÂ®æ¢Â
or '(also called Puyang æÂ®é³ or ').
- Laji æÂÂåº: Maoping èÂÂ
åª, Yuhuang çÂÂçÂÂ; Nanwenhe Township Ã¥ÂÂ温河乡, where they were one of the earliest inhabitants; entered Malipo County at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty from a place called Amizhou é¿迷å·Â
- Dai: 2,664 people (1990), mostly in Nanwenhe Township Ã¥ÂÂ温河乡
- Gelao: 1,166 people (1990); entered Malipo County at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty from Guizhou and Guangnan County
- White Gelao ç½仡佬
- Flowery Gelao è±仡佬
- Green/Bamboo Gelao éÂÂ/ç®Â仡佬
- Mongol: 1,211 people (1990)
Climate
Tourism
One major tourist attraction is the Neolithic rock art above Malipo itself, apparently known as the 'Great King' site for the two dominant figures at the center of the artwork. It is said to be over 4000 years old.
Transport
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