Gao County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Sichuan |
Pushpin Label: | Gaoxian |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Sichuan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Yibin |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Qingfu |
Area Total Km2: | 1323 |
Population: | 526,400 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 28.436°N 104.518°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Population Rural: | 355,400 |
Population Urban: | 171000 |
Gao County or Gaoxian is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city and has a population of 526,400 in 2019, 171,000 of which live in the urban area. The county seat is located 48 km from Yibin city. The county is traversed by the Nanguang River, a tributary of the Yangtze. About half of the land area is covered by forests.[1]
On 20 March 1994, 18 people were killed by a landslide in the east of Gao County.[2] [3]
Gao County administers 13 towns:[4]