| Binchuan County | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 宾川县 · Bil•gel xiainb |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | 25.8299°N 100.5904°W |
| Pushpin Map: | China Yunnan#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Binchuan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Yunnan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dali |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Jinniu |
| Area Total Km2: | 2627 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 341319 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 671600 |
| Area Code: | 0872 |
| Blank Name: | Köppen climate classification |
| Blank Info: | Cwa |
Binchuan County (; Bai: Bil•gel[2]) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the west of Yunnan Province, China.
Mount Jizu is located in Binchuan County. The county is mostly drained by the Dadan River which rises in the south west and is a tributary of the Jinsha River.
Binchuan County has 8 towns and 2 ethnic townships.[3]
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There are 251 Lahu in Binchuan County, most of whom reside in the following villages of Zhongying Lisu Ethnic Township (Chinese: 钟英傈僳族乡) (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer 2009:251).
The Guola (Chinese: 过拉) people consists of 63 individuals in East Caijiawan (Chinese: 东蔡家湾) of Binchuan County (You 2013:134).[4] Their autonym is Nipu (Chinese: 尼濮), and they are most closely related to the Yi of Dayao (Chinese: 大姚) and Yanfeng (Chinese: 盐丰). The Guola of Binchuan had originally migrated from Yanfeng County (Chinese: [[:zh:盐丰县|盐丰县]]).