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
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 ...
of
Panzhihua
Panzhihua ( zh, c=攀枝花, p=Pānzhīhuā), formerly Dukou ( zh, labels=no, c=渡口), is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province, China, at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative ...
. The name of Yanbian County is named because of its geographical location on the edge of
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 ...
. With a total area of 3,269 square kilometers, the population in 2020 was 178,797, and the demographics were
Han,
Yi,
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 other ethnic groups.
Administrative divisions
Yanbian County comprises 6 towns, 2 townships and 4 ethnic townships:
;towns:
*Tongzilin Town 桐子林镇
*Hongge Town 红格镇
*Yumen Town 渔门镇
*Yongxing Town 永兴镇
*Xinjiu Town 新九镇
*Huimin Town 惠民镇
;townships:
*Gonghe Township 共和乡
*Guosheng Township 国胜乡
;ethnic townships:
*Hongguo Yi Ethnic Township 红果彝族乡
*Hongbao Miao and Yi Ethnic Township 红宝苗族彝族乡
*Wenquan Yi Ethnic Township 温泉彝族乡
*Gesala Yi Ethnic Township 格萨拉彝族乡
Climate
References
External links
Official website of Yanbian County Government
County-level divisions of Sichuan
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