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Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County

Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County (Chinese: 新平彝族傣族自治县; pinyin: Xīnpíng Yízú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county located in the central part of Yunnan Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Yuxi. It borders Eshan County and Shiping County to the east; Yuanjiang County and Mojiang County to the south; Zhenyuan County to the west; and Shuangbai County to the north.

Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 4 towns and 6 townships.

The Xinping County Gazetteer (1993:106, 118) lists the following Yi and Hani subgroups.

There are various Tai ethnic groups in Xinping County. They numbered 40,890 (15.54%) of the total population of Xinping County as of 2000, and include the following subgroups.

These three groups are known as the 花腰傣, or 'Flowery-waisted Tai' due to the style of their women's clothing. Local Tai languages include the Yuánxīn 元新 dialect of Tai Hongjin.

The Damuyu Flowery-Waist Dai Cultural and Ecological Tourist Village (大沐浴花腰傣文化生态旅游村) is located in Longhe Village 龙河村, Mosha Township 漠沙镇.

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