Xuanwei () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in the northeast of

Yunnan Province 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 ...

, China, bordering

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

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...

Qujing Qujing ( zh, c= , p=Qūjìng) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and east and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the south; thus, it was called "Key between Yunnan and Gui ...

Geography

Xuanwei is located in northeastern Yunnan. It borders

Panzhou Panzhou () is a county-level city in southwestern Guizhou province, China, on the border with Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Liupanshui. Administrative divisions Panzhou is divided int ...

to the east,

Zhanyi District Zhanyi District () is a district of the city of Qujing, Yunnan province, China. Zhanyi Airport is located nearby. Zhanyi is in the center of Qujing in eastern Yunnan. It borders Fuyuan County, Yunnan to the east, Qilin District and Malong Di ...

and

Fuyuan County, Yunnan Fuyuan () is under the administration of Qujing City, in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the east. Geography Fuyuan County is in the east of Yunnan. It borders Panzhou and Xingyi, Guizhou to the east, Luoping Co ...

to the south,

Huize County Huize County (, old name: ''Dongchuan 東川'') is a county-level city, under the jurisdiction of Qujing City, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Demography The city has grown considerably over the past 20 years. It has 871,200 inhabit ...

across the Niulan River to the west, and

Weining County Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County (; Xiao'erjing: ) is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie. Notable attractions include Majie Ethnic Yi Village (), the historic site of Shimenk ...

and

Shuicheng District Shuicheng () is a district in the west of Guizhou province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of Liupanshui city. Administrative divisions Shuicheng District comprises 9 subdistricts, 11 towns and 10 e ...

, Guizhou to the north.

Administrative divisions

Xuanwei City has 9 subdistricts, 13 towns and 7 townships. ;9 subdistricts ;13 towns ;7 townships

Demographics

The population of Xuanwei is predominantly Han, with the ethnic minority population comprising members of the Yi, Zhuang,

Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

, and Hui ethnic groups.

Food

It is famous as the origin of

Xuanwei ham Xuanwei ham () is a Ham#Methods, dry-cured ham in Qujing Prefecture of Yunnan, Yunnan province, China. Xuanwei ham has a 250-year history dating back to 1766. In 1909 it was first mass-produced and gained popularity. In 1915 Xuanwei ham won a gold ...

, which is ham that is dry-cured.

Climate

References

External links

Xuanwei City official website
County-level divisions of Qujing Cities in Yunnan {{Yunnan-geo-stub