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