Danling County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Sichuan#China |
Pushpin Label: | Danling |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sichuan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Meishan |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | (Chinese: 齐乐镇) |
Area Total Km2: | 449 |
Population Total: | 168000 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 30.0167°N 134°W |
Elevation M: | 489 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Website: | http://www.scdl.gov.cn/ |
Danling County[1] [2] [3] [4] is a county of central Sichuan Province, China.
It is under the administration of Meishan City, with the seat located west of downtown Meishan and 48km (30miles) east of Ya'an.
Danling, originally known as Qile Prefecture, was named after the gliding bird-shaped red edge of the Chiya Mountain (赤崖山) in the north of the Prefecture.
Danling County comprises 4 towns and 1 township:[5]