Geographical Location

Shuangbai County (双柏县) is located in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.Shuangbai County is the heartland of Yunnan province, the east of Ailao Mountain and lies on the south of the divide between the Jinsha River and the Red River.It is close to Yimen County, E’shan County and Xinping County of Yuxi district in the southeast.It connect with Lufeng County in the north,adjoining with Jingdong County and Zhenyuan County of Simao district in the west.

Introduction

Shuangbai County (双柏县; pinyin: Shuāngbǎi Xiàn) is located in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. Shuangbai County is subtropical monsoon climate, rainfall averages about 927 mm annually,and annual average temperature is 15℃.It is not very hot in summer and not very cold in winter. It has sufficient sunshine and clear dry and rainy seasons with hot. Shuangbai County belongs to mountain district, of which mountain areas account for 99.7 percent of Shuangbai County's total territory. Within the territory of Shuangbai County,the highest elevation is 2946 meters, while the lowest elevation is 556 meters, and the relative elevation is 2390 meters. It has an area of 4,045 square kilometers and has a population of 0.16 million. 

Administrative Division

Shuangbai county’s jurisdiction is over 5 town, 3 townships: Suidian Town(妥甸镇), Dazhuang Town(大庄镇), Fabiao Town(法脿镇), Ejia Town(鄂嘉镇), Damaidi Town(大麦地镇), Anlongbao Township(安龙堡乡), Ainishan Township(爱尼山乡), Dutian Township(独田乡).

Ethnic Groups

The Shuangbai County Almanac (1996:89-90) lists the following ethnic subgroups. All population statistics, given in parentheses, are as of 1986.

Yi

Luoluo 罗罗 (30,237)

Luowu 罗武 (3,455; autonym: Naisu 乃苏)

Ache 阿车 (20,543)

Chesu 车苏 (2,528): Candoutian 蚕豆田[1][2]、Hekou Township 河口乡; Damaidi 大麦地、Yulong 雨龙、Ainishan 爱尼山

Shansu 山苏 (autonym: Lesu 勒苏): Guangming 光明村[3][4]、Bajiaoqing 芭蕉箐村

Shuangbai County in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture