Meigu County
Meigu County is a part of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Sichuan province. Located in the northeast of Liangshan Prefecture, it has a major concentration of the Nuosu or Yi people. The county is largely mountainous. It is a poor area and
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%
- 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 RMBPoints of interest
