1. Dayao County is a county under the jurisdiction of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. It is located in the northwest of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The county people's government is located in Jinbi Town.
 2. There is Dayao River in the county, which originates from the northern Babapan Mountain of Zhennan County and receives all the water into Jinsha River. The county is named after the river.
 3. Dayao County has the highest waterfall in the southwest - Santan Waterfall, Dayao White Pagoda in the Tang Dynasty and the largest bronze statue of Confucius in the world.
 4. In 2014, Dayao County covers a total area of 4146 square kilometers, governs 8 towns and 4 townships, and has a total population of 290300 (2010). There are 22 ethnic groups living in the county, and the minority population accounts for 31.7%, of which the Yi population is 84000, accounting for 29%.
 5. The GDP in 2013 was 4.7 billion yuan.
 6. Dayao County is the famous "Hometown of Chinese Walnuts", China's first walnut biological industry base, southwest walnut trading center, and the birthplace of Chinese Yi Opera. It is a provincial garden county in Yunnan Province of China, known as "Three Villages Expose Copper", "Five Wells Spray Salt", and "Cultural Nation".
 7. As of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Dayao County is 228961.
 8. In October 2017, it was named National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development.
 9. On September 25, 2018, it was awarded the honorary title of "2018 E-commerce into Rural Comprehensive Demonstration County" by the Ministry of Commerce.
 10. On April 30, 2019, the People's Government of Yunnan Province decided to withdraw Dayao County from the poverty county list.