Meigu County

Meigu County is a part of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Located in the northeast part of , it has a major concentration of the Nuosu or Yi people. The county is largely mountainous. It is a poor area and much of the land has been deforested in the past 50 years.

Many ''bimo'' live in this county, and it is home to the Cultural Centre for Bimo Studies.

Postal code for Meigu County: 616450

Size and population

Area: 2,574 sq. kilometers
Percentage of cultivated land: 4.98%
Per capita cultivated land: 733 sq. meters
Population: 178,642
Number of Households: 44,702
Percentage of Yi among the population: 97.6%

Economic data, 2002

GDP: 204,940,000 RMB
gross annual output value from:
*Agriculture: 88,670,000 RMB
*Forestry: 17,330,000 RMB
*Animal husbandry: 98,670,000 RMB
*Other: 270,000 RMB
Net annual income averaged per farmer: 917 RMB

Points of interest

Dafengding Nature Reserve