Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (; , ''nip lat nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep'') is located in the northwest 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, bordering

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province to the north, east and northeast. It is under the administration of

Lijiang City Lijiang ( zh, s= ), formerly romanized 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) ...

. The county is home to the

Mosuo people The Mosuo (; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo), often incorrectly referred to as the Naxi, are an ethnic group living in China's Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces. Consisting of a population of approximately 50,000, many of them live in the Yongni ...

, who lived under the quasi-independent

Chiefdom of Yongning Chiefdom of Yongning () was a Mosuo autonomous Tusi chiefdom during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The chiefdom was located at present-day Ninglang Yi Autonomous County at the convergence of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. According to legend, the anc ...

until abolished in 1956.

Ninglang Luguhu Airport Ninglang Luguhu Airport is an airport serving Ninglang Yi Autonomous County and Lugu Lake (Luguhu), in northwestern Yunnan province, China. It is located in the village of Shifoshan (), Hongqiao Town, from Lugu Lake and from the Ninglang cou ...

is located in the county.

Geography

Ninglang County is located in the northwest of Yunnan and borders

Yanbian County Yanbian County () is located in the northwest of Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, China and the lower reaches of the Yalong River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Panzhihua. The name of Yanbian County is named because ...

and

Yanyuan County Yanyuan County ( zh, s=盐源县, p=Yányuán Xiàn; ''yiep yuop xiep'', also ''ce mo xiep'') is a county in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. The county is located in Sichuan's rugged Hengdu ...

to the east and northeast,

Yongsheng County Yongsheng County () is located in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lijiang. In 2019 the county had a population of 406,757 including 34.42% ethnic minorities. The Chenghai La ...

and Huaping County to the south and southeast,

Gucheng District Gucheng District () is a county-level district located in Lijiang City Prefecture, Yunnan, China. It borders Ninglang County and Yongsheng County to the east, Heqing County Heqing County (; Bai language, Bai: ) is a county in the Dali Bai Aut ...

to the southwest,

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 west and

Muli County Muli Tibetan Autonomous County ( zh, s=木里藏族自治县, p=Mùlǐ Zàngzú Zìzhìxiàn; ''smi-li rang-skyong-rdzong''; Yi: ''mup li op zzup zyt jie jux dde xiep'') is in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Sichuan ...

of Sichuan to the north.

Administrative divisions

Ninglang Yi Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 3 towns, 10 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;2 subdistricts * Daxing Subdistrict () * Zima Subdistrict () ;4 towns * Yongning () * Hongqiao () * Zhanhe () ;10 townships * Labo () * Ningli () * Jinmian () * Xichuan () * Xibuhe () * Yongningping () * Paomaping () * Chanzhanhe () * Xinyingpan () * Lanniqing () ;1 ethnic township * Cuiyu Lisu and Pumi Ethnic Township ()

Climate

References

External links

Ninglang County Official WebsiteLijiang City Official Site
County-level divisions of Lijiang Yi autonomous counties {{Yunnan-geo-stub