Chuxiong
| 楚雄彝 族 自治州 Chuxiong  | 
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 2 ′ N , 101 ° 33 ′ E | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China | |
| Yunnan | ||
| region | Southwest China | |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-YN | |
| surface | 28,438 km² | |
| Residents | 2,733,000 (2015) | |
| density | 96.1 Ew. / km² | |
| founding | October 18, 1957 | |
| Post Code | 675000 | |
| Website | www.cxz.gov.cn | |
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| status | Autonomous District | |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (CST)  UTC +8  | 
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The Autonomous District Chuxiong the Yi ( Chinese 楚雄彝族自治州 , Pinyin Chǔxióng Yizu Zìzhìzhōu ) is located in the north-central Chinese province of Yunnan . Its capital is Chuxiong (楚雄 市). Chuxiong has an area of 29,258 km². At the 2010 census, Chuxiong had 2,684,169 inhabitants (population density: 91.74 inh. / Km²).
Administrative structure
The autonomous district is made up of a district-free city and nine districts. These are:
- Chuxiong City (楚雄 市), 4,482 km², 490,000 inhabitants;
 - Shuangbai County (双柏 县), 4045 km², 150,000 inhabitants, capital: Tuodian Municipality (妥 甸 镇);
 - Mouding district (牟定 县), 1,494 km², 200,000 inhabitants, main town: Gonghe community (共和 镇);
 - Nanhua County (南华 县), 2343 km², 230,000 inhabitants, capital: Longchuan Township (龙川 镇);
 - Circle Yao'an (姚安县) square kilometers in 1803, 200,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Dongchuan (栋川镇);
 - Dayao County (大姚县), 4146 km², 280,000 inhabitants, capital: Jinbi Municipality (金碧 镇);
 - Yongren district (永仁县), 2189 km², 100,000 inhabitants, capital: Yongding municipality (永定 镇);
 - Yuanmou district (元谋 县), 2803 km², 210,000 inhabitants, capital: Yuanma municipality (元 马镇);
 - Wuding district (武 定 县), 3322 km², 260,000 inhabitants, main town: Shishan municipality (狮山 镇);
 - Lufeng district (禄丰县), 3631 km², 420,000 inhabitants, main town: Jinshan municipality (金山 镇).
 
Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of | 
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| Han | 1,714,851 | 67.45% | 
| Yi | 668.937 | 26.31% | 
| Lisu | 51,553 | 2.03% | 
| Miao | 41,077 | 1.62% | 
| Dai | 20,514 | 0.81% | 
| Hui | 20,189 | 0.79% | 
| Bai | 15,251 | 0.6% | 
| Hani | 5,376 | 0.21 | 
| Others | 4,782 | 0.18% | 
See also
Web links
- Info page - Chinese