Heqing County
Native name鹤庆县 · Hhop•kait xiainb
Coordinates26°33′34″N 100°10′36″E
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureDali
County seatYunhe
Area total2395 km²
Population as of2020 census
Population total243031
Time zoneCST (UTC+8)
Postal code671500
Area code0872
ClimateCwb
Websitewww.heqing.gov.cn

Heqing County (traditional Chinese: 鶴慶縣; simplified Chinese: 鹤庆县; pinyin: Hèqìng Xiàn; Bai: Hhop•kait[1]) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It borders Yongsheng County to the east, Binchuan County and Dali City to the south, Jianchuan County and Eryuan County to the west, and Gucheng District and Yulong County to the north.

Administrative divisions

Heqing County has 7 towns, 1 township and 1 ethnic township.[2]

7 towns
1 township
1 ethnic township

Ethnic groups

Zhuang

There are 855 Zhuang in Heqing County, most of whom reside in Luolang Village 洛崀村, Duomei Township 朵美乡 (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer 2009:224). Yunnan (1979)[3] lists the name Qing 青; their autonym is Buyi 布依, while the Han Chinese refer to them as the Zhongjiazi 仲家子. They believe that their ancestors had migrated from the Langdai 郎岱 area of Guizhou.[3] They had a population of 161 as of 1960.

References

  1. ^ zh:白汉词典(现行白文第一版2022) [Bai–Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese). Government of Dali Prefecture. p. 113.
  2. ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. ^ Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1979). Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao (1960 nian) Archived 2021-04-23 at the Wayback Machine 云南民族识别综合调查报告(1960年). Kunming: Yunnan minzuxue yanjiu suoyin 云南民族学研究所印.