Xundian County | |
Official Name: | Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County |
Settlement Type: | Autonomous county |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Kunming |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Rende Subdistrict |
Established Title3: | Established |
Established Date3: | 1956 |
Area Total Km2: | 3699 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 460739 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 655200 |
Area Code: | 0871 |
Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County (; Xiao'erjing:) is an autonomous county in the northeast-central part of Yunnan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the provincial capital.
Xundian lies northeast of the center of Yunnan. The Niulan River (Chinese: 牛栏江) flows through its territory.
Xundian is divided into 3 subdistrict, 9 towns and 4 townships:[2]
Rende Subdistrict (仁德街道), Tangzi Subdistrict (塘子街道), Jinsuo Subdistrict (金所街道), Yangjie Town (羊街镇), Kedu Town Town (柯渡镇), Tangdian Town (倘甸镇), Gongshan Town (功山镇), Hekou Town (河口镇), Qixing Town (七星镇), Xianfeng Town (先锋镇), Jijie Town (鸡街镇), Fenghe Town (凤合镇), Liushao Township (六哨乡), Lianhe Township (联合乡), Jinyuan Township (金源乡), and Diansha Township (甸沙乡).
Yi ethnic subgroups in Xundian County are Black Yi 黑彝, White Yi 白彝, and Dry Yi 干彝 (Xundian County Gazetteer 1999:118). Black Yi and White Yi are widespread, while Dry Yi is restricted to Gongshan Town 功山镇 and Hekou Township 河口乡.
Other ethnic groups in Xundian are Miao (Big Flowery Miao 大花苗 subgroup), Hui, and Han (Xundian County Gazetteer 1999).