Dayao County

Dayao County (Chuxiong Yi script:, IPA： ) is a county of north-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

Administrative divisions
Dayao County has 8 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township.
 * 8 towns
 * 3 townships
 * Tanhua (昙华乡)
 * Tiesuo (铁锁乡)
 * Santai (三台乡)
 * 1 ethnic township
 * Wanbi Dai and Lisu (湾碧傣族傈僳族乡)

Ethnic groups
The Dayao County Gazetteer (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