Xiaowandong () is a town in

Nanjian Yi Autonomous County Nanjian Yi Autonomous County () is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the west central part of Yunnan province, China. Administrative divisions Nanjian Yi Autonomous County has 5 towns and 3 townships. ;5 towns ;3 townsh ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, China. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 18,431 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2018, the town is divided into seven villages: * Shenzhou () * Yingpan () * Longjie () * Xinlong () * Xinmin () * Longmen () * Chajiang ()

History

During the

Great Leap Forward The Great Leap Forward (Second Five Year Plan) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruc ...

, it known as "Chajiang Commune" () in 1958. It was upgraded to a town in 1988.

Geography

The town is located in the southwest of

, bordering

Fengqing County Fengqing County () is located in Lincang City, Yunnan province, China. During the Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 follow ...

and Yun County to the southwest, and Gonglang Town and Bixi Township to the northeast. The highest point in the town is Walang Mountain () which stands above sea level. The lowest point is Manwan (), which, at above sea level. The

Lancang River The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ...

and Heihui River () meet in the town.

Economy

The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

. Economic crops are mainly tobacco, tea, ''

Juglans sigillata ''Juglans sigillata'' (), also called iron walnut, is the second most cultivated species of walnut tree after the Persian walnut ''Juglans regia''. Commonly distributed in the eastern Himalayas and western China. The tree has been cultivated for ...

'', and

persimmon The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ''Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, ''Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-pers ...

Demographics

As of 2020, the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of stati ...

estimates the town's population now to be 18,431.

Transportation

Dali–Lincang railway The Dali–Lincang railway () is a single-track electrified railway in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most popul ...

Xiaowan East railway station Xiaowandong railway station () is a railway station located in Xiaowan East Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southw ...

, opened November 6, 2021.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xiaowandong Divisions of Nanjian Yi Autonomous County