Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County

Jinggu County
Autonomous county
Chinese transcription(s)
  Characters 景谷傣族彝族自治县
  Pinyin Jǐnggǔ dǎizú yízú Zìzhìxiàn

Location of Jinggu County (pink) and Pu'er Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Jinggu County

Location within Yunnan, China

Coordinates: 23°28′N 100°42′E / 23.467°N 100.700°E / 23.467; 100.700
Country China
Province Yunnan
Prefecture Pu'er
GB/T 2260 CODE[1] 530824
Area
  Total 7,550 km2 (2,920 sq mi)
Elevation 946 m (3,104 ft)
Population
  Total 285,558
  Density 38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Postal code 666400[2]
Area code(s) 0879[2]
Website http://www.jg.gov.cn/
1Yunnan Statistics Bureau
2Puer Gov.
3Yunnan Portal

Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County (景谷傣族彝族自治县; pinyin: Jǐnggǔ dǎizú yízú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.

Ethnic groups

The Jinggu County Almanac (1993:682) lists the following ethnic groups and their locations.

2014 Earthquake

On October 7, 2014 a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Jinggu county at 9:49 p.m. local time. The earthquake was felt in many parts of Yunnan including the provincial capital, Kunming, nearly 300 miles away.[7]

References

Coordinates: 23°28′00″N 100°42′00″E / 23.4667°N 100.7°E / 23.4667; 100.7


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