Leibo County
雷波县 · ꃀꁧꑤ | |
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.png) Location of Leibo County (red) within Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Leibo Location of the county seat in Sichuan  Leibo Leibo (China) | |
| Coordinates (Leibo County government): 28°15′46″N 103°34′18″E / 28.2627°N 103.5717°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County seat | Jincheng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,932.46 km2 (1,132.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,175 m (3,855 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 240,149 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 616550 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 雷波县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 雷波縣 | ||||||
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| Yi | ꃀꁧꑤ Romanisation: mop bbo xiep | ||||||
Leibo County (Chinese: 雷波县, Yi: ꃀꁧꑤ) is a mountainous county of southern Sichuan province, China, along the border with Yunnan. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and has a population of 223,000[when?], 91% of whom are agricultural, residing in an area of 2,932.46 square kilometres (1,132.23 sq mi); the Yi are the largest ethnic group, forming 45% of the population.[2] Ayi Jihu, a singer signed to British company Shlepp Records, is from Leibo County.[3]
- ^ "凉山州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——县（市）人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Liangshan Prefecture. 2021-06-02.
- ^ 雷波城市介绍 (in Simplified Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ Lü Chaoran (吕超然) (September 2008), 剑桥彝族美女吉胡阿依:英国第一位Hip Hop中国女歌手 [Cambridge ethnic Yi girl Jihu Ayi: UK's first Chinese female hip-hop artist], New Youth, archived from the original on 2012-07-16, retrieved 2010-01-05