| Dongchuan | |
| Native Name: | 东川区 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Yunnan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the district seat in Yunnan |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kunming |
| Area Total Km2: | 1858 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 260,744 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Dongchuan government |
| Coordinates: | 26.0829°N 103.1878°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 654100 |
| Area Code: | 0871 |
| P: | Dōngchuān Qū |
| W: | Tung-ch'uen Ch'ü |
Dongchuan District is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. The district was approved to form from the former Dongchuan City by the State Council on December 6, 1998.[1]
Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998, Dongchuan was merged into Kunming and became one of its districts.
Dongchuan is in the north of Kunming's administrative area and borders Sichuan to the north.
The district's highest point, Jiaozi Snow Mountain, is 4330 meters high, and its lowest point is 695 meters. As of 2000, Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006, the population was 302,000.[2]
The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its Red Earth scenery in the 1990s.[3]
Th administrative divisions of Dongchuan District are:
Yi ethnic subgroups in Dongchuan are Black Yi Chinese: 黑彝, White Yi Chinese: 白彝, and Dry Yi Chinese: 干彝 (Dongchuan City Gazetteer 1995:744). The Black Yi and Dry Yi speak Eastern Yi dialects, while the White Yi speak Chinese. Autonyms of Yi subgroups in Dongchuan are Nisepu Chinese: 尼色普 and Gepu Chinese: 戈普.
Other ethnic groups in Dongchuan are Miao (Big Flowery Miao Chinese: 大花苗 subgroup), Hui, and Han (Dongchuan City Gazetteer 1995).
Dongchuan Special Industrial Park.[4]
The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest copper deposits in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of copper, accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province.[2]
| Red earth at HongtudiFile:Red earth.JPG | Red earthFile:Pyrite-237522.jpg | Pyrite concretion in shaleFile:Chrysocolla-Malachite-183960.jpg | Chrysocolla and Malachite from Dongchuan |