Funing County, Yunnan

Funing County is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yunnan, bordering Guangxi to the north, south and east, and Vietnam's Hà Giang Province to the south.

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Geography

Funing is located in the east of Wenshan Prefecture. It borders Youjiang District and Jingxi, Guangxi to the east, Napo County, Guangxi to the south, Guangnan County to the west, Xilin County and Tianlin County of Guangxi to the north, and Malipo County across the Nanli River to the southwest. It also borders the Đồng Văn District and the Mèo Vạc District of Hà Giang Province, Vietnam to the south.

Administrative divisions

Funing County has 6 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township.
;6 towns

Xinhua
Guichao
Bo'ai
Lida
Tianpeng
Muyang

;6 townships

Banlun
Gula
Zhesang
Naneng
Ayong
Huajia

;1 ethnic township

Dongbo Yao Ethnic Township

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups of Funing County include the following. Population statistics are from 1990, and are sourced from the Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer 富宁县民族志.

Han Chinese
Zhuang people
*Min Zhuang
*Dai Zhuang
*Yei Zhuang
Buyang people
Gelao people
Yi people
Miao people
*White Miao 白苗
*Lopsided Miao 偏苗
*Red Miao 红苗
Yao people
*Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶
*Daban Yao 大板瑶
*Shan Yao 山瑶

The Zheyuan 蔗园 people of Dongbo 洞波 and Guichao 归朝, Funing County, are classified as ethnic Han. They numbered 1,033 persons as of 1960, and call themselves the "Yuexi people", while some also refer to themselves as the Buhong 布红. The Zheyuan people migrated from Xuanhua County 宣化县, Guangxi about 150 years ago. The Zheyuan people speak a Yue Chinese dialect.

Zhuang

The Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer identifies the following Zhuang subgroups.

Butu
Tianbao
Bu’ao
Jiazhou
Longjiang
Mayang
Yangwu
Buli
Buyei
Long’an
Buyang

Yi

According to the Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer 富宁县民族志, ethnic Yi numbered 11,249 as of 1991, or 3.15% of the total county population. The Zhuang exonym for the Yi is Bùměng 布孟.

Yi group	Local names	No. of villages
White Yi 白彝	Měngpiāo 孟瓢, Měngdǎi 蒙歹	59
Gāokùjiǎo White Yi 高裤脚白彝	Měngkōng 蒙空, Měngpéng 蒙彭	13
Black Yi 黑彝	Měngnà 孟那, Měngjí 蒙吉, Měngxìn 蒙信	3
Flowery Yi 花彝	Měngyī 孟衣, Kèduǒ 克朵, Měngyóu 蒙尤	14
White Flowery Yi 白花彝	Měngbào 孟刨	1
Sinicized Yi 汉彝	Měnglàng 孟浪	2
Měngméi Lolo 孟梅倮	Měngtáng 孟堂, Kèliè 克列	?

There are 92 villages with ethnic Yi, consisting of 54 pure Yi villages and 38 ethnically mixed villages.

Township	Ethnic Yi population	Percentage within township	Ethnic Yi subgroups
Xīnhuá 新华乡	249	0.75%	Měngdǎi 蒙歹
Bǎnlún 板仑乡	2,786	11.61%	Měngkōng 蒙空
Lǐdá 里达镇	1,293	6.02%	Měngdǎi 蒙歹, Měngkōng 蒙空
Mùlún 睦伦乡	1,774	10.11%	Měngdǎi 蒙歹
Mùyāng 木央乡	3,454	12.47%	Měngdǎi 蒙歹, Kèliè 克列, Kèduǒ 克朵, Měnglàng 孟浪, Měngjí 蒙吉

Ethnic Yi are found in the following villages of Funing County.

Xinhua Township 新华乡
*Gedang Village 格当村
Banlun Township 板仑乡
*Longyang Village 龙洋村
*Longmai Village龙迈村
**Mula 木腊
**Zhegui 者归
**Longzhong 龙中
**Longxing 龙兴
**Long'an 龙安
Lida Township 里达镇
*Ligong Village 里拱村
Mulun Township 睦伦乡
Muyang Township 木央乡
*Mengmei, Puyang Village 普阳村孟梅
*Mushu Village 木树村
*Musang, Daping Village 大坪村木桑
*Mugang Village 木杠村
Tianpeng Township 田蓬镇

Transport

Nearest airport: Wenshan Airport

Historical sites

Liuyi Hall of Elders 六宜村老人亭
Poya Hall of Elders 坡芽村老人亭
Guichao Old Town 归朝古镇
The ancient village of Pingkun 坪坤村