Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture

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Honghe Prefecture 红河州
Autonomous prefecture
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州 (Chinese) Haoqhoq Haqniqssaq Haqhholssaq Ziiqziifzel (Hani) ꉼꉻꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꍏ (Yi)
Location of Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
County-level division	3 county-level cities 7 counties 3 autonomous counties
Prefecture established	6 September 1957
Prefecture seat	Mengzi
Area
• Autonomous prefecture	32,929 km2 (12,714 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Xilongshan, Jinping County)	3,074.3 m (10,086.3 ft)
Lowest elevation (Confluence of the Hong River and Nanxi River in Hekou)	76.4 m (250.7 ft)
Population  (31 December 2019)
• Autonomous prefecture	4,775,000
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
• Urban	33.7%
GDP[1]
• Autonomous prefecture	CN¥ 286.3 billion US$ 42.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 64,768 US$ 9,553
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	661400
Area code	0873
ISO 3166 code	CN-YN-25
Licence plate prefixes	云G
Website	HH.gov.cn

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 红河哈尼族彝族自治州; traditional Chinese: 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州; pinyin: Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Hani: Haoqhoq Haqniqssaq Haqhholssaq Ziiqziifzel; Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an autonomous prefecture in Southeast-Central Yunnan Province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lào Cai and Lai Châu provinces to the south. Its name is derived from the Hong (Red) River and the two major ethnic minority groups who live there: the Yi and the Hani. Honghe has an area of 32,929 square kilometres (12,714 sq mi) and its seat is Mengzi. The total population is 4.8 million, of which 61.3% belong to ethnic minorities.

In 2008, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China nominated the Honghe Hani Terraced Fields of Yuanyang County for World Heritage Site status. It was added to the list on 22 June 2013, bringing the total number of World Heritage Sites in China to 45.