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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
autonomous area, China
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place in Sichuan
- In Sichuan: Constitutional framework
…capital at Kangding; and the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, with its capital at Xichang. As a rule, the autonomous prefectures represent little more than a symbolic cultural indulgence of local minorities. The actual control of the units is exercised by the central government at Chengdu. The ethnic groups, however, enjoy…
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