Qiaojia County () is a county in the northeast of
Yunnan
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province, China, bordering
Sichuan
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province to the north and west. The population was 625,000 in 2019, 33,200 of whom belonged to
ethnic minorities
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.
It is both the southernmost and westernmost
county-level division
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of
Zhaotong
Zhaotong () is a prefecture-level city located in the northeast corner of Yunnan province, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the south and southeast and Sichuan to the northeast, north, and west.
History
Zhaotong has historic and ...
City and located entirely on the right bank of the
Jinsha River
The Jinsha River (, Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ) is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China. The river passes through Tiger L ...
. The river valleys of Qiaojia are some of the lowest points in Yunnan province, at around 900 meters. The name of the county literally means 'City of industrious artisans'.
The county is noted for being the site of the
Baihetan Dam
The Baihetan Dam () is a large hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, an upper stretch of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in southwest China. The dam is a 289-meter-tall double-curvature arch dam with a crest elevation of 827 m ...
, located 40 km from the county seat. Construction of the dam required resettlement of 44,919 Qiaojia residents.
Qiaojia is located at the junction of several
geological faults. It was hit by a magnitude 5.0
earthquake in 2020, and also affected by the
2014 Ludian earthquake.
Administrative divisions
The county government is seated in
Baihetan town. Qiaojia is subdivided into the town and township level divisions:
;12 towns
;4 townships
Climate
See also
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Qiaojia Pine
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Baihetan Dam
The Baihetan Dam () is a large hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, an upper stretch of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in southwest China. The dam is a 289-meter-tall double-curvature arch dam with a crest elevation of 827 m ...
References
County-level divisions of Zhaotong
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