Mile (; ; Hani language: ; Yi: ) is a county-level city located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. It is named after the Maitreya Buddha, for which there was a temple located on a nearby mountain, making it the only city in China named after a Buddha. It is a center for sugar and tobacco production in Yunnan.
Mile has been known since at least 116 BC in written history. In 1290 it was established as a prefecture and in 1770 as a county.
It is the birthplace of Ming dynasty politician Yang Shengwu (), Qing dynasty merchant Wang Chi () and Republic era general Zhang Chong and mathematician Xiong Qinglai.
In 2014, Mile County was upgraded as a county level city.
Mile City is located in the north of Honghe Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan. It borders Luxi County, Yunnan and Qiubei County to the east, Jianshui County and Huaning County to the west, Kaiyuan, Yunnan to the south, and Yiliang County, Kunming and Shilin County to the north.
At present, Mile City has 10 towns and 2 townships.
Mile has a population of 570,100 as of 2021, including 44.9% ethnic minorities.
The Mile County Gazetteer å¼¥åÂÂå¿忠(1987:689-699) reports the following Yi subgroups.
The local Yi people have a ceremony to worship their fire god once a year.