Wuding County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the north-central part of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. Wuding's county seat is located only 5 km from the seat of Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County. It is a centre for titanium production.
Wuding County borders Luquan County to the east, Fumin County and Lufeng, Yunnan to the south, Yuanmou County to the west, and Huili of Sichuan to the north.
History Wuding was historically more important, being the center of a Zhou, equivalent to a prefecture-level division. The prefecture was established in 1567. In 1953 the administrative seat of the division moved to Chuxiong.
Administrative divisions Wuding County has 7 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township. 7 towns
Shishan () Gaoqiao () Maojie () Chadian () Bailu () Wande () Jiyi ()
3 townships Tianxin () Fawo () Huanzhou () 1 ethnic township Dongpo Dai ()
Ethnic groups Yi The Wuding County Gazetteer (1990) lists the following Yi subgroups. Nasu 纳苏 / Black Yi 黑彝 Naluo 纳罗 / Gan Yi 甘彝 Naisu 乃苏 / Red Yi 红彝 Miqie 密切 / Micha 密岔 Luoluo 罗罗 / White Yi 白彝 Sani 撒尼 / Minglang 明郎
Hani In Wuding County, ethnic Hani are found in the following locations (Wuding County Gazetteer 1990:141).
Chayiyang 扯衣咩村, Ande Township 安得乡, Chadian District 插甸区 Lower Village 下村 and Azhemi 阿者咪村 of Dacun Township 大村乡 Zhong 中村, Xia 下村, Yangliuhe 杨柳河, and Aozi 凹子 of Huaqiao Township 花乔乡 Shedian Village 赊甸村, Laotao Township 老滔乡
According to the Chuxiong Prefecture Gazetteer (1993:411), the Luomian 罗缅, a Hani subgroup, are located in Nigagu 尼嘎古.
Languages Gao (2017)Gao, Katie B. 2017. Dynamics of Language Contact in China: Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Variation in Yunnan . PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. lists the following languages of Wuding County. Gao (2017) classifies Geipo of Wuding County as closely related to Miqie, and is not the same as the Northern Loloish language Gepo. Group Autonym Language classification Population Nasu Ngwi, Northern 28,000 Aluo Ngwi, Northern 13,500 Naisu Ngwi, Northern 6,000 Lipo Ngwi, Central 31,000 Miqie Ngwi, Central 9,000 Lolo Ngwi, Central 8,500 Geipo Ngwi, Central 350 Hani Ngwi, Southern 800 Ahmao Hmong, Chuanqiandian Dongdianbei 21,000 Hmong Hmong, Chuanqiandian proper 3,000 Tai Tai Hongjin, Yongwu 8,000
Climate
References
External links Wuding County Official Website