At the end of 2019, Honghe Prefecture had 4.775 million residents, of which 61.3% belonged to
ethnic minorities.
Ethnic groups in Honghe, 2010 census Ethnic subgroups forms the border between Honghe Prefecture's Jinping County (background) and Hekou County (foreground). Bananas are grown in abundance on both sides of the river Honghe Prefecture has the following ethnic Hani subgroups (
Honghe Ethnic Gazetteer 1989:32): •
Hani •
Nuobi •
Nuomei •
Ache •
Lami •
Baihong •
Asuo •
Budu •
Qide •
Gehe •
Biyue •
Kaduo • Ha'ou () •
Enu (Ximoluo) Honghe Prefecture has the following 10 ethnic Yi subgroups (
Honghe Ethnic Gazetteer 1989:68): • Nisubo (exonyms and other names: Luoluo , Sandaohong , Huayao , Muji ) • Nibo (exonyms and other names: Sani , Azhe ) • Gepo (exonyms and other names: White Yi ) • Siqi (exonyms and other names: Large Black Yi , Small Black Yi ) • Axibo (exonyms and other names: Axi ) • Puwabo , Pulebo (exonyms and other names: Pula ) • Alubo (exonyms and other names: Alu ) • Lesubo (exonyms and other names: Shansu ) • Luobo (exonyms and other names: Awu , Laowu ) • Xiangtang ==Transportation==