Binchuan County (;
Bai: ) is a county in the
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the west of
Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
Province, China. It borders
Dayao County to the east,
Xiangyun County to the south,
Dali City
Dali City (, Bai: or ) is the county-level seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan, China. Dali City is administered through 12 township-level districts, two of which are also commonly referred to as Dali.
Xiag ...
to the west, and
Heqing County
Heqing County (; Bai language, Bai: ) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It borders Yongsheng County to the east, Binchuan County and Dali City to the south, Jianchuan County and E ...
and
Yongsheng County to the north.
Topography
Mount Jizu is located in Binchuan County. The county is mostly drained by the
Dadan River which rises in the south west and is a tributary of the
Jinsha River
The Jinsha River (, Classical Tibetan, Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ, ) or Lu river, is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of the PRC, provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yu ...
.
Administrative divisions
Binchuan County has 8 towns and 2 ethnic townships.
;8 towns
;2 ethnic townships
*
Zhongying Lisu and Yi Ethnic Township ()
*
Lawu Yi Ethnic Township ()
Ethnic groups
There are 251
Lahu in Binchuan County, most of whom reside in the following villages of Zhongying Lisu Ethnic Township () (''Dali Ethnic Gazetteer'' 2009:251).
*Zhimadeng Village (): Mizideng ()
*Zhaokala Village (): Yuexia (), Baiyangqing (), Tanggudi ()
The Guola () people consists of 63 individuals in East Caijiawan () of Binchuan County (You 2013:134).
Their autonym is Nipu (), and they are most closely related to the Yi of Dayao () and Yanfeng (). The Guola of Binchuan had originally migrated from Yanfeng County ().
Climate
References
External links
Binchuan County Official Website
County-level divisions of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
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