Gejiu is a city under the jurisdiction of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, which lies between east longitude 102 54' and north latitude 103 25' and north latitude 23 0 1'. "Gejiu" evolved from the transliteration of the Yi language "Guozuo", which means the place where buckwheat seeds are planted and buckwheat rice is eaten. It is 280 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital, and 200 kilometers away from Vietnam. The whole city covers an area of 1587 square kilometers, with a total population of 453,300, including 309,500 urban residents, and the urbanization level is 68.30%. The built-up area of the city is 1.2 square kilometers, and the permanent population of the city is 1.8 million. There are more than 65,438+200,000 Yi, Zhuang, Hui, Miao, Dai and Hani ethnic minorities in China. Extended information: Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture is one of 16 prefecture-level administrative regions in Yunnan Province, with its capital in mengzi city. It is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, bordering Kunming and Qujing in the north, Wenshan in the east, Yuxi and Pu 'er in the west, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the south, and the Tropic of Cancer runs east-west. Hongzhou covers a total area of 32,930 square kilometers and governs 4 county-level cities, 6 counties and 3 autonomous counties. Honghe Prefecture has Mengzi, the political, economic, military and cultural center of southern Yunnan, Xidu, an ancient city in the world, and Jianshui, a famous historical and cultural city in China. Shi Ping, a great literary country; There are two national ports: Hekou and Jinshui River; There are tin culture, ceramic culture and terrace culture. The Red River is the epitome of Yunnan's economy, society, humanity and nature, the birthplace of Yunnan's modern industry, and the land passage and bridgehead from China to ASEAN.