Yuanmou

The circle Yuanmou ( 元谋县 , Yuanmou Xiàn ) is part of the Autonomous County , Chuxiong Yi in the southwest China province of Yunnan . Yuanmou has an area of ​​1,803 km² and approx. 210,000 inhabitants (end of 2004).

The fossils of the Yuanmou man were discovered in Yuanmou . Furthermore, the place was the godfather for a fossil relative of the orangutans from the genus Lufengpithecus , called Lufengpithecus yuanmouensis, discovered here . Yuanmou is also known for its dinosaur fossils - the sauropod Yuanmousaurus is named after this circle.

Administrative structure

At the community level, Yuanmou consists of three large communities and seven communities . These are:

• Greater community Yuanma (元马镇), 50,994 inhabitants (2000), the capital, the seat of county government;
• Greater community Huangguayuan (黄瓜园镇), 37,064 inhabitants (2000);
• Greater community Yangjie (羊街镇), 17,351 inhabitants (2000);
• Laocheng Township (老 城乡), population 30,245 (2000);
• Community Wumao (物茂乡), 15,922 inhabitants (2000);
• Municipality Jiang Bian (江边乡), 14,802 inhabitants (2000);
• Xinhua Township (新华 乡), 7,616 residents (2000);
• Pingtian municipality (平 田乡), population 11,173 (2000);
• Community Liangshan (凉山乡), 3,747 inhabitants (2000);
• Jiangyi Township (姜 驿 乡), population 13,865 (2000).

Ethnic breakdown of the population of Yuanmou (2000)

In the 2000 census, Yuanmou had 202,779 residents.

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Han	132,839	65.51%
Yi	49.179	24.25%
Lisu	16,896	8.33%
Hui	1,549	0.76%
Miao	1,268	0.63%
Dai	463	0.23%
Others	585	0.29%

Coordinates: 25 ° 43 '  N , 101 ° 52'  E