Jianchuan County Explained

Jianchuan County
Settlement Type:County
Mapsize:250px
Coordinates:26.4186°N 99.7403°W
Pushpin Map:China Yunnan#China
Pushpin Label:Jianchuan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Yunnan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Yunnan
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Dali
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Jinhua
Area Total Km2:2318
Population As Of:2020 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:160471
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:671300
Area Code:0872
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb

Jianchuan County (; Bai: Jinp•cuinl[2]), historically known as Yidu (; Bai: Jiex•dvnl[3]) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the western part of Yunnan Province, China.The county is about 50km (30miles) southwest of Lijiang and 120km (80miles) north of Dali.

The historical town of Shaxi in the southeast of the county lies on the old Tea Horse Road to Bengal.China National Highway 214, from Xining to Jinghong in southern Yunnan, passes through the northeast of the county.

Administrative divisions

Jianchuan County has 5 towns and 3 townships.[4]

5 towns
  • Jinhua (Chinese: 金华镇)
  • Laojunshan (Chinese: 老君山镇)
  • Diannan (Chinese: 甸南镇)
  • Shaxi (Chinese: 沙溪镇)
  • Madeng (Chinese: 马登镇)
3 townships

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 大理州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Dali Daily . zh . 2021-06-01 .
  2. Book: http://www.dali.gov.cn/dlrmzf/c101684/202203/528f592e7c6548c69fd94a737f52b136/files/219c9450f8264df6a40086d81bd72599.pdf . zh:白汉词典(现行白文第一版2022). Bai–Chinese Dictionary. Government of Dali Prefecture . Chinese . 258.
  3. Book: http://www.dali.gov.cn/dlrmzf/c101684/202203/528f592e7c6548c69fd94a737f52b136/files/219c9450f8264df6a40086d81bd72599.pdf . zh:白汉词典(现行白文第一版2022). Bai–Chinese Dictionary. Government of Dali Prefecture . Chinese . 125.
  4. Web site: 国家统计局 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2021-12-07.