The Lisu people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit the mountainous regions of Burma, Southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. About 730,000 live in Lijiang, Baoshan, Nujiang, Diqing and Dehong prefectures in Yunnan Province, China where they are recognized as one of China??? official 56 ethnic groups. In Burma, the Lisu are one of the seven Kachin minority groups and an estimated 350,000 live in Kachin and Shan states. Approximately 55,000 live in Thailand, where they are one of the six main hill tribes. They mainly inhabit the remote country areas.