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, who lived under the quasi-independent
Chiefdom of Yongning until abolished in 1956.
Ninglang Luguhu Airport is located in the county.
Geography
Ninglang County is located in the northwest of Yunnan and borders
Yanbian County and
Yanyuan County to the east and northeast,
Yongsheng County and
Huaping County to the south and southeast,
Gucheng District to the southwest,
Yulong County to the west and
Muli County of Sichuan to the north.
Administrative divisions
Ninglang Yi Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 3 towns, 10 townships and 1 ethnic township.
;2 subdistricts
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Daxing Subdistrict ()
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Zima Subdistrict ()
;4 towns
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Yongning ()
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Hongqiao ()
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Zhanhe ()
;10 townships
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Labo ()
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Ningli ()
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Jinmian ()
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Xichuan ()
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Xibuhe ()
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Yongningping ()
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Paomaping ()
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Chanzhanhe ()
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Xinyingpan ()
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Lanniqing ()
;1 ethnic township
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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
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