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Dayao County

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Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Elevation
  
1,862 m

Province
  
Yunnan

Prefecture
  
Chuxiong City

Postal code
  
675400

Area
  
4,146 km²

Area code
  
0878

Dayao County

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Dayao County (simplified Chinese: 大姚县; traditional Chinese: 大姚縣; pinyin: Dàyáo Xiàn) is a county of north-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

Contents

Map of Dayao, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China

Ethnic groups

The Dayao County Almanac (1999:780) lists the following Yi subgroups.

  • Luoluopu 罗罗濮 dialect (spoken in the northwest hill districts)
  • Luoluopu 罗罗濮
  • Laluobo 腊罗拨
  • Popei 婆胚
  • Lipu 俚濮 dialect: (spoken in the Qingling River 蜻蛉河 and Yipao River 一泡江 watersheds)
  • Lipu 俚濮
  • Machipu 骂池濮
  • Gesupu 格苏濮
  • References

    Dayao County Wikipedia