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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region (simplified Chinese: 凉山彝族自治州 ; pinyin: Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Yi: ꆃꎭ/Niep Sha; in IPA: ) ) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Xichang. Liangshan has an area of 60.423 km² and over 4.1 million inhabitants (2002). It is also has the largest population of ethnic Yi in China.


Subdivisions

Liangshan directly controls 1 county-level city, 15 counties, and 1 autonomous county.

Ethnic groups in Liangshan, 2000 census

Nationality Population Percentage
Han 2,121,231 51.97%
Yi 1,813,683 44.43%
Tibetan 60,679 1.49%
Mongols 27,277 0.67%
Hui 18,385 0.45%
Miao 11,912 0.29%
Lisu 9,121 0.22%
Bouyei 5,459 0.13%
Naxi 5,199 0.13%
Others 8,751 0.22%
County-level divisions of Sichuan Province
Chengdu (capital)
Sub-provincial city
Chengdu
Prefecture-level cities
Zigong
Panzhihua
Luzhou
Deyang
Mianyang
Guangyuan
Suining
Neijiang
Leshan
Nanchong
Meishan
Yibin
Guang'an
Dazhou
Ya'an
Bazhong
Ziyang
Autonomous prefectures
Ngawa
Garzê
Liangshan
Special jurisdictions
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