Liangshan (;
Yi:
Niep Sha, pronounced ), officially the
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is an
autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of
Sichuan province, People's Republic of China; its seat is
Xichang. Liangshan has an area of and over 4.5 million inhabitants (2010). It is also has the largest population of
ethnic Yi nationally.