Dongchuan District is one of seven

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

of the

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Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

, the capital of

Yunnan Province Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...

, People's Republic of China. The district was approved to form from the former ''Dongchuan City'' by the State Council on December 6, 1998.

History

Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998 Dongchuan was merged into Kunming and became one of its districts.

Geography

Dongchuan is in the north of Kunming's administrative area and borders

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

to the north. The district's highest point, Jiaozi Snow Mountain, is 4330 meters high, and its lowest point is 695 meters. As of 2000 Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006, the population was 302,000. The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its ''Red Earth'' scenery in the 1990s.

Administrative divisions

Copper Capital, A-wang, Wulong, Hongtudi, Tangdan, Tuobuka, Yinmin'ge Town and Shekuai Village

Climate

Ethnic groups

Yi ethnic subgroups in Dongchuan are Black Yi , White Yi , and Dry Yi (''Dongchuan City Gazetteer'' 1995:744). The Black Yi and Dry Yi speak Eastern Yi dialects, while the White Yi speak Chinese. Autonyms of Yi subgroups in Dongchuan are Nisepu and Gepu . Other ethnic groups in Dongchuan are Miao ( Big Flowery Miao subgroup), Hui, and Han (''Dongchuan City Gazetteer'' 1995).

Economy

Dongchuan Special Industrial Park.
/ref> The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest copper mine, copper deposits in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of

copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pink ...

, accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province.

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

Area Code and Postal Code in Yunnan Province

External links

Dongchuan District Public Information Network
- Official Website {{Major cities along the Yangtze River County-level divisions of Kunming Tourism in Yunnan