Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Autonomous prefecture
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	怒江傈僳族自治州
• Lisu	ꓠꓳ-ꓟꓵ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓚꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓗꓪꓼ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓳꓴ
Cityscape of Liuku, Lushui Tongxin Square Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Cikai The Crown Peak in Gaoligong Mountains Nujiang River across Gongshan County
Location of Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan
Coordinates (Nujiang Prefecture government): 25°49′03″N 98°51′24″E / 25.8176°N 98.8566°E / 25.8176; 98.8566
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture seat	Lushui (Liuku)
Area
• Total	14,588.92 km2 (5,632.81 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	534,337
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Total	CN¥ 25.0 billion US$ 3.7 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 45,441 US$ 6,702
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	673100
Area code	0886
ISO 3166 code	CN-YN-33
License Plate Prefix	云Q
Website	www.nj.yn.gov.cn

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture^[a] is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan, China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people, who make up nearly half of the prefecture's population.

The state is long and narrow, with an area of 14,585 square kilometers and a total population of 552,700. The capital of the state is located in Liuku Town, Lushui City. Nujiang Prefecture is the only Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in China, with the Lisu ethnic group accounting for about 51% of the population, and a number of other ethnic minorities, including the Bai, Nu, Pumi and Dulong, living in the prefecture.

Economically, due to geographic constraints, the incidence of poverty in Nujiang was once as high as 56%, which is at a backward level in both China and Yunnan Province, and is one of the "Three Regions and Three Prefectures" in China that are extremely poor. Because of its location in the Hengduan Mountains, Nujiang has the natural wonder of "Three Parallel Rivers", which was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Natural Heritage List in 2003.

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