Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (; ii, ꆀꆿꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ nip lat nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep) is located in the northwest of
Yunnan
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 C ...
province, China, bordering
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 the ...
province to the northeast. It is under the administration of
Lijiang City
Lijiang (), also known as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng ...
. The county is home to the
Mosuo people, who lived under the quasi-independent
Chiefdom of Yongning until abolished in 1956.
Ninglang Luguhu Airport is located in the county.
Administrative divisions
Ninglang Yi Autonomous County has 4 towns, 10 townships and 1 ethnic township.
;4 towns
;10 townships
;1 ethnic township
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Cuiyu Lisu and Pumi ()
Climate
References
External links
Ninglang County Official WebsiteLijiang City Official Site
County-level divisions of Lijiang
Yi autonomous counties
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