Dulong people

The Derung (also spelt Drung or Dulong) people (; endonym: ) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the China. Their population of 6,000 is found in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan in the Derung Valley of Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County. Another 600 can be found east of the Dulong valley, living in the mountains above the Nu River (Salween River) near the village of Binzhongluo in northern Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County.