Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County

The Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City in the southwest of Yunnan Province, China.

Name
The county was formerly named Pu'er. When Simao changed its name to Pu'er in 2007, the county's name was changed to Ning'er for clarity.

Administrative divisions
In the present, Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 3 townships.
 * 6 towns
 * 3 townships
 * De'an (德安乡)
 * Puyi (普义乡)
 * Liming (黎明乡)

Demography
The population of the county has a large proportion of native Hani and Yi people in a predominantly Han Chinese population. As of 2003 the county records a population of approximately 190,000 people.

Ethnic Bai (population: 5,139) are found in Kesa 克洒, Heping village 和平村, Mengxian township 勐先乡 (Pu'er County Gazetteer 1993:120).

The Datou 达头 people number 254 persons and are found in Ning'er County and Simao City. They consider themselves to be ethnic Yi, and also speak a Yi language (You 2013:133).

Transport

 * China National Highway 213