Wūméng

Wumeng was a Yi chieftaincy in the mountains where Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou meet, named for the Wumeng people. The Yuan created the Wumeng Route in 1278.

After the Ming conquest in 1382, Wumeng became a prefecture under hereditary Yi rulers and Sichuan administration. In 1728 Lu Wanfu led a revolt against Qing efforts to replace native chiefs, killing commander Liu Qiyuan before armies from three provinces crushed it. Wumeng had passed to Yunnan in 1727; appointed officials took over in 1728, and it was renamed Zhaotong in 1731.