Dai people scatter in Xishuangbanna, Dehong, Menglian, Xinping, Yuanjiang and more than thirty counties in Yunnan province, and Huayao Dai live mainly in Yuanjiang and Xinping County. 花腰傣是傣族的支系之一,傣族散布在西双版纳、德宏、思茅、孟连、新平、元江等云南省境内的三十余个州县,而花腰傣主要居住在红河中上游的新平、元江等县。