Meigu County
Meigu County (Chinese: 美姑县; Yi: ꂿꈬꑤ) is a part of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Sichuan province. Located in the northeast of Liangshan Prefecture, it has a major concentration of the Nuosu or Yi people. The county is largely mountainous. It is a poor area and much of the land has been deforested in the past 50 years.
Meigu County
美姑县 · ꂿꈬꑤ | |
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Location of Meigu County (pink) and Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) within Sichuan | |
Meigu Location of the seat in Sichuan Meigu Meigu (China) | |
| Coordinates: 28°19′44″N 103°07′55″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County seat | Bapu Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,573 km2 (993 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 238,624 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 美姑县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 美姑縣 | ||||||
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| Yi | ꂿꈬꑤ Romanisation: mo ggu xiep | ||||||
Many bimo practitioner live in this county, and it is home to the Cultural Centre for Bimo Studies.
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