Honghe Counties Travel Guide

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 红河哈尼族彝族自治州) is an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. Its name is derived from the Honghe river (Red river) and the two major ethnic minority groups who live there: the Yi and the Hani. Honghe has an area of 32,929 km². The capital of the prefecture is Mengzi.

In 2008, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China nominated the Honghe Hani Terraced Fields of Yuanyang County for World Heritage Site status.

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture lies in the central southeast of Yunnan Province. With an area of 32.929 km² and a population of 4,130,463 inhabitants (2000 census) is one of the most densely populated prefectures in Yunnan. The prefecture capital is Mengzi, but before was Gejiu, that still keep some administrative services.

The prefecture is articulated as a sequence of river valleys surrounded by mountains. Of them the most important is the Red River (Honghe in Chinese) that cross the prefecture west-east. In some of these valleys the Chinese were established many centuries ago, as shows cities like Jianshui. Besides the Han Chinese, there are important nucleus of Dai and Zhuang populations also in the lowlands. The middle levels (1300-1500 meters) are inhabited mainly by different peoples of the Hani and Yi stock. Higher and poorer lands are the home of some Miao and Yao branches.

Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 13 county-level divisions: 2 county-level cities, 8 counties, and 3 autonomous counties:

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#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Mengzi County	蒙自县	Méngzì Xiàn	320,000	2,228	144
2	Gejiu City	个旧市	Gèjiù Shì	390,000	1,597	244
3	Kaiyuan City	开远市	Kāiyuǎn Shì	260,000	2,009	129
4	Lüchun County	绿春县	Lǜchūn Xiàn	210,000	3,167	66
5	Jianshui County	建水县	Jiànshuǐ Xiàn	500,000	3,940	127
6	Shiping County	石屏县	Shípíng Xiàn	290,000	3,090	94
7	Mile County	弥勒县	Mílè Xiàn	490,000	4,004	122
8	Luxi County	泸西县	Lúxī Xiàn	370,000	1,674	221
9	Yuanyang County	元阳县	Yuányáng Xiàn	370,000	2,292	161
10	Honghe County	红河县	Hónghé Xiàn	270,000	2,034	133
11	Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County	金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县	Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú ìzhìxiàn	320,000	3,677	87
12	Hekou Yao Autonomous County	河口瑶族自治县	Hékǒu Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	80,000	1,313	61
13	Pingbian Miao Autonomous County	屏边苗族自治县	Píngbiān Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn	150,000	1,905	79