The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.
彝族,曾称“倮倮”,主要居住于中国西南地区,少数分布在越南、老挝等东南亚地区,总人口约776万人(2000年)。中国大陆现有彝族7,765,858人(2000年人口普查),在官方承认的56个少数民族中占总人口的7.37%,为第七大少数民族。中国彝族聚居区和人口主要分布于云南、四川和贵州三省,其余各省市区也均有散居分布。