The following list of ethnic groups and subgroups, and their respective distributions, is from the
Malipo County Gazetteer (2000). • Han: 152,407 people (1990) • Zhuang: 30,706 people (1990) • Miao: 41,620 people (1990) •
White Miao 白苗 (autonym: Mengdou 蒙逗): Donggan, Xinzhai, Majie, Tiechang •
Flowery Miao 花苗 (autonyms: Mengcai 蒙彩, Mengleng 蒙冷, Mengshe 蒙舍): Malipo Town, Daping, Mengdong, Nanwenhe, Xiajinchang, Babu, Liuhe, Yangwan •
Black Miao 黑苗 (autonym: Mengduo 蒙夺): Dongyou 东油, Jiangdong 江东 of Babu Township 八布乡 •
Green Miao 青苗 (autonym: Mengzhao 蒙诏): Chonggan 铳干, Yangwan Township 杨万乡 and Tanshan 炭山, Babu Township 八布乡 • Yao: 17,925 people (1990) •
Landian [Blue Indigo] Yao 蓝靛瑶 (autonyms: Men 门, Jinmen 金门) •
Horned Yao 角瑶 (autonym: You Mian 尤棉) • Yi: 5,212 people (1990) •
White Luo 白倮, also
Hairy Lolo 毛倮倮 due to their long hair (autonym: Muyasang 木亚桑): Xinzhai 新寨 and Chengzhai 城寨 villages of Xinzhai Township 新寨乡; entered Malipo County during the Qing dynasty •
Flowery Luo 花倮, formerly
Head-Cutting Luo 砍头倮 (autonyms: Muji 木吉, Egao 呃稿): Mabeng 马崩, Yongli 永利, and Zhelong 者挖 villages of Donggan Township 董干镇; entered the Donggan area at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty. They are related to the Flower Lolo people of
Ha Giang, Vietnam. •
Mengwu 孟武: Mada Village 马达, Daping Township 大坪镇; entered Malipo County at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty. •
Pubiao 普标, historically
Woni 窝泥, and
Pubiao Lolo 普标倮倮 during the Republic of China era (autonym: Geibiao 给标): Punong 普弄, Pufeng 普峰, Longlong 竜/龙龙, and other villages. Their ancestors were reported to have migrated from a location called Dayandong 大岩洞 in Pumei 普梅 or '
(also called Puyang 普阳 or '). •
Laji 拉基: Maoping 茅坪, Yuhuang 玉皇; Nanwenhe Township 南温河乡, where they were one of the earliest inhabitants; entered Malipo County at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty from a place called Amizhou 阿迷州 • Dai: 2,664 people (1990), mostly in Nanwenhe Township 南温河乡 • Gelao: 1,166 people (1990); entered Malipo County at the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning of the Qing dynasty from Guizhou and
Guangnan County •
White Gelao 白仡佬 •
Flowery Gelao 花仡佬 •
Green/Bamboo Gelao 青/箐仡佬 • Mongol: 1,211 people (1990) ==Climate==