Weixi Lisu Autonomous County is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are Counties of China, county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. Autonomous counties tend to have a large number of ethnic minority citizens compared to ordinary counties (if not ...

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province, China. Covering an area of , it is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the northwest, Sichuan province to the northeast, and other parts of ...

, in northwest

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province, China. The titular ethnic group is the

Lisu people The Lisu people (; , ; ; ) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous regions of Myanmar (Burma), southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. About 730,000 Lisu live in Lijiang, Baoshan, Nujiang, D ...

Geography

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County borders

Shangri-La City Shangri-La (; ) is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, China, named after the mythical land depicted in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon''. It is the capital and largest city of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is border ...

across the river to the east,

Yulong County Yulong Naxi Autonomous County (; Naxi: ) is a county located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Sichuan Province to the northeast. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Lijiang. Wenhai vil ...

to the southeast,

Lanping County Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County (; Bai: ) is located in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. Administrative divisions Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County has 1 subdistrict, 3 towns and 4 townships. ; 1 subdistric ...

to the south,

Gongshan County Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County (; Lisu: ; Derung: , the name has nothing to do with the Derung language for Gaoligong Mountains) is an autonomous county located in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Yunnan provin ...

and

Fugong County Fugong County (, ) is a county located in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, in the west of Yunnan province, China, bordering Myanmar's Kachin State to the west. Administrative divisions Fugong County has 1 town, 5 townships and 1 ethnic townsh ...

to the west and

Deqin County Deqin County is county of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, located in northwest Yunnan province, China. Etymology The prefecture's name is derived from the Tibetan word (), which means "auspicious place". In Chinese, the name is written w ...

to the north. It is located in the northwest of Yunnan and is the only Lisu Autonomous County in China.

Administrative divisions

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County has 3 towns and 7 townships.

Towns

* Baohe () * Yezhi () *

Tacheng TachengThe official spelling according to (), also known as Tarbagatay, Chuguchak or Qoqek, is a county-level city and the administrative seat of Tacheng Prefecture, in northern Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. The Chinese name "Tach ...

()

Townships

* Yongchun () * Pantiange () * Baijixun () * Kangpu () * Badi () *

Zhonglu Zhonglu () is a town in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in extreme southwestern Hubei province, China, southwest of downtown Lichuan, which administers the town, and west-southwest of Enshi City, the prefectural seat. , it has o ...

() * Weideng ()

Climate

Notes

References

External links

Official government website of the Weixi Lisu Autonomous County
Autonomous counties of the People's Republic of China County-level divisions of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Lisu people {{Yunnan-geo-stub