楚雄彝族自治州地处滇中高原中北部,是一个多民族聚居的内地山区。全州总面积29258km~2,海拔556～3657m,山区、半山区面积占总面积的90％以上,耕地面积15.87万hm~2,占总面积的5.4％。全州辖九县一市、128个乡镇、1114个行政村,总人口235.6万人,其中农业人口占90％,少数民族人口69.6万人,占总人口的29.8％。据1986年卫星遥感调查,我州 Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture is located in the central and northern Yunnan Plateau, is a multi-ethnic inhabited inland mountainous areas. The total area of ​​the whole state is 29258km ~ 2, with an elevation of 556 ~ 3657m. The mountainous and semi-mountainous areas occupy more than 90% of the total area and the cultivated area is 158,700hm2, accounting for 5.4% of the total area. There are nine counties and one city, 128 towns and 1114 administrative villages in the state, with a total population of 2,356,000, of which agricultural population accounts for 90% and minority population 696,000, accounting for 29.8% of the total population. According to the 1986 satellite remote sensing survey, I state