Autonomous prefectures of China
Autonomous prefectures are one type of Autonomous areas of China, existing at the prefecture level.
| Province | Name | Simplified Chinese[clarification needed] | Pinyin | Designated minority | Local name | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gansu | Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture | 临夏回族自治州 | Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu | Hui | () (The Hui speak Chinese, xiaoerjin is a phonetic transcription) | Linxia |
| Gansu | Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 甘南藏族自治州 | Gānnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - ཀན་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Kan-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
Hezuo |
| Guizhou | Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture | 黔东南苗族侗族自治州 | Qiándōngnán Miáozú Dòngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Miao and Dong | Hmong - Cheej Toob Naj Mioj Txhwj Toom Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb Dong - ? |
Kaili |
| Guizhou | Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture | 黔南布依族苗族自治州 | Qiánnán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu | Buyei and Miao | Buyei - ? Hmong - Cheej Naj Pwm Yi Txhwj Mioj Txwj Txim Tsim Tsawb |
Duyun |
| Guizhou | Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture | 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 | Qiánxīnán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu | Buyei and Miao | Buyei - ? Hmong - Cheej Xyi Naj Pwm Yi Txhwj Mioj Txwj Txim Tsim Tsawb |
Xingyi |
| Hubei | Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture | 恩施土家族苗族自治州 | Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu | Tujia and Miao | Tujia - ? Hmong - EE Si Thws Ca Txhwj Mioj Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb |
Enshi |
| Hunan | Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture | 湘西土家族苗族自治州 | Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu | Tujia and Miao | Tujia - ? Hmong - Xyaa Xyi Thws Ca Txhwj Mioj Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb |
Jishou |
| Jilin | Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture | 延边朝鲜族自治州 | Yánbiān Cháoxiǎnzú Zìzhìzhōu | Korean | Korean - 연변 조선족 자치주 Yeonbyeon Joseonjok Jachiju |
Yanji |
| Qinghai | Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 海北藏族自治州 | Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - མཚོ་བྱང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
Haiyan County |
| Qinghai | Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 海南藏族自治州 | Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
Gonghe County |
| Qinghai | Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 黄南藏族自治州 | Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - རྨ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang skyong khul |
Tongren County |
| Qinghai | Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 果洛藏族自治州 | Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Mgo-log Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
Maqên County |
| Qinghai | Gyêgu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 玉树藏族自治州 | Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
Gyêgu County |
| Qinghai | Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 | Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Mongol and Tibetan | Tibetan - མཚོ་ནུབ་སོག་རིགས་ཆ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
Delingha |
| Sichuan | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture | 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 | Ābà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan and Qiang | Tibetan - རྔ་བ་བོད་རིགས་ཆ་བ༹ང་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Rnga-ba Bod-rigs dang Chavang-rigs rang skyong khul |
Barkam County |
| Sichuan | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 甘孜藏族自治州 | Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Dkar-mdzes Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul |
Kangding County |
| Sichuan | Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture | 凉山彝族自治州 | Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu | Yi | Yi - ꆃꎭꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꍏ Niepsha Nuosu Zytjiejux dde Zho |
Xichang |
| Xinjiang | Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture ? | 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 | Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz - كىزىلسۋ كىزگىز اۆتونومييالى وبلاستى (Cyrillic: Кыргыз Кызылсу aвтономиялы oбласты) | Artux |
| Xinjiang | Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州 | Bó'ěrtǎlā Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu | Mongol | (Mongolian in Cyrillic script: Борталын Монгол өөртөө засах тойрог) | Bortala |
| Xinjiang | Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture | 昌吉回族自治州 | Chāngjí Huízú Zìzhìzhōu | Hui | () (The Hui speak Chinese) | Changji |
| Xinjiang | Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture ? | 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 | Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu | Mongol | (Mongolian in Cyrillic script: Баянголын Монгол өөртөө засах тойрог) | Korla |
| Xinjiang | Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture | 伊犁哈萨克自治州 | Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu | Kazakh | Kazakh: ىله قازاق اۆتونومىيالى وبلىسى (Cyrillic: Іле Қазақ автономиялы облысы); Uyghur: Ili Ķazaķ aptonom oblasti | Yining |
| Yunnan | Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture | 德宏傣族景颇族自治州 | Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú Zìzhìzhōu | Dai and Jingpo | Tai Nüa - ᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ Tai Lü - ᦺᦎᧉᦆᦳᧂ |
Luxi |
| Yunnan | Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture | 怒江傈僳族自治州 | Nùjiāng Lìsùzú Zìzhìzhōu | Lisu | Lisu - Nolmut lisu shit jilqait guatshit zhou | Liuku Town, Lushui County |
| Yunnan | Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | 迪庆藏族自治州 | Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu | Tibetan | Tibetan - བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Bde-chen Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul |
Shangri-La County |
| Yunnan | Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture | 大理白族自治州 | Dàlǐ Báizú Zìzhìzhōu | Bai | Bai: Darl•lit Baif•cuf zirl•zirl•zox | Dali |
| Yunnan | Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture | 楚雄彝族自治州 | Chǔxióng Yízú Zìzhìzhōu | Yi | ? | Chuxiong |
| Yunnan | Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture | 红河哈尼族彝族自治州 | Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu | Hani and Yi | ? | Mengzi County |
| Yunnan | Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture | 文山壮族苗族自治州 | Wenshān Zhuàngzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu | Zhuang and Miao | Zhuang - ? Hmong -Veej Sa Tsuaam Txhwj Mioj Txhwj Txim Tsim Tsawb |
Wenshan County |
| Yunnan | Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture | 西双版纳傣族自治州 | Xīshuāngbǎnnà Dǎizú Zìzhìzhōu | Dai | Tai Lü: ᦈᦹᧈᦈᦹᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᦘᦱᦉᦱᦺᦑ᧑᧒ᦗᧃᦓᦱ | Jinghong |