Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture


Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in southeastern Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, and the easternmost prefecture-level division of the province. It borders Baise, Guangxi to the east, Vietnam's Hà Giang Province to the south for, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Qujing to the north.

Subdivisions

Ethnic groups

Wenshan is highly diverse. According to a local saying, "Han and Hui live by the market, Zhuang and Dai live by the water, Miao and Yi live on the mountains, and Yao live among the bamboos."
Some of Wenshan's ethnic groups include:
Yunnan lists Jiazhou 甲州, Longjiang 龙降, Tusi 土司, and Bendi 本地 as Zhuang subgroups of unknown linguistic affiliation.

Yi

The Wenshan Prefecture Gazetteer and the Wenshan Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer list the following Yi ethnic subdivisions in Wenshan Prefecture.
The Wenshan Prefecture Gazetteer lists the following Yao ethnic subdivisions in Wenshan Prefecture.
The Wenshan Prefecture Gazetteer 文山壮族苗族自治州志 lists the following Gelao ethnic subdivisions in Wenshan Prefecture. The Gelao of Wenshan are also locally known as the Laobazi 老巴子 or Bazi 巴子.
The prefecture has been inhabited for at least 4000 years, as evidenced by surviving neolithic rock art in Malipo County. The seat of Guangnan, known today as Liancheng, was the heart of the Gouding Kingdom that lasted approximately 400 years, from 111 BC to 316 AD.

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