Tāláng

Talang lies among the mountains of southern Yunnan, in the country watered by the Amo River. Under the Yuan it became the seat of Talangzhai chieftaincy, established in 1288. The Ming later reorganised the local native office as Gongshun Prefecture. In 1732 the Qing established Talang Subprefecture, bringing an appointed official to the old settlement. These successive names and offices reflect the changing ways in which the surrounding mountain communities were governed over the centuries.