Yuexi County, Sichuan Explained

Yuexi County
Native Name: • Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꃺꄧꑤ
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Sichuan#China
Pushpin Label:Yuexi
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Sichuan
Coordinates:28.64°N 102.508°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sichuan
Subdivision Type2:Autonomous prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Liangshan
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Yuecheng
Area Total Km2:2257
Population Total:301865
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
S:越西县
T:越西縣
P:Yuèxī Xiàn
Order:st
Wylie:yi shis rdzong
Zwpy:Yixi Zong
Lang1:Yi
Lang1 Content:Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꃺꄧꑤ
Romanisation: vyt tuo xiep

Yuexi County (Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꃺꄧꑤ,) is a county located in the north of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Sichuan Province, China.

History

Under imperial China, the area and its seat of government were known as Chinese: {{linktext|越|巂 or Chinese: {{linktext|越|嶲, variously read as Yuèxī or Yuèsuǐ in modern Chinese.

Administrative divisions

Yuexi County comprises 17 towns and 2 townships.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinYiRomanized YiAdministrative division code
Towns
Yuecheng TownChinese: 越城镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꃺꍰꍔ513434100
Zhongsuo TownChinese: 中所镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꑸꍤꍔ513434101
Xinmin TownChinese: 新民镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꑟꂱꍔ513434102
Naituo TownChinese: 乃托镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꆻꄧꍔ513434103
Puxiong TownChinese: 普雄镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꁌꑪꍔ513434104
Darui TownChinese: 大瑞镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꄊꎵꍔ513434105
Zhu'ajue TownChinese: 竹阿觉镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꍘꀋꐦꍔ513434105
Shugu TownChinese: 书古镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꎼꈪꍔ513434107
Yiluodiba TownChinese: 依洛地坝镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꒉꇉꄹꀞꍔ513434108
Nanqing TownChinese: 南箐镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꆹꊰꍔ513434109
Gongmo TownChinese: 贡莫镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꈥꃀꍔ513434110
Meihua TownChinese: 梅花镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꂱꉷꍔ513434111
Erjue TownChinese: 尔觉镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꇓꐦꍔ513434112
Lapu TownChinese: 拉普镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꆿꁌꍔ513434113
Matuo TownChinese: 马拖镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꂵꄧꍔ513434114
Dahua TownChinese: 大花镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꄊꉷꍔ513434115
Banqiao TownChinese: 板桥镇Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꀠꐇꍔ513434116
Townships
Laji TownshipChinese: 拉吉乡Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꆿꐚꑣ513434235
Shenguozhuang TownshipChinese: 申果庄乡Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꌩꈤꑣ513434236
Ethnic township
Bao'an Tibetan Ethnic Township
(Bao'ain)
Chinese: 保安藏族乡Sichuan Yi; Nuosu: ꀧꉢꀒꋤꑣ513434211

Fauna

The frog species Oreolalax liangbeiensis, Oreolalax puxiongensis, and Oreolalax pingii are endemic to Yuexi County. The former two have only been recorded in the Puxiong Town.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 凉山州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——县(市)人口情况 . Government of Liangshan Prefecture . zh . 2021-06-02 .