Xiaguan (),
formerly romanized as Hsiakwan, is a
subdistrict at the southern end of
Erhai Lake
Erhai or Er Lake (), is an alpine fault lake in Yunnan province, China. Erhai was also known as Yeyuze () or Kunming Lake () in ancient times.
Etymology
The character "洱" (er) does not have the same meaning as ear (耳). During the Han to Tan ...
in
Dali Prefecture
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (; Bai: ) is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Dali has an area of and its seat is located in Xiaguan, Dali City.
Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in 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 Kunming. The province borders the C ...
,
China. Xiaguan has a population of 146,517 (2020)
and is the modern centre of the
county-level city of Dali.
Xiaguan has been the principal point of entry for the region since the creation of the
Burma Road
The Burma Road () was a road linking Burma (now known as Myanmar) with southwest China. Its terminals were Kunming, Yunnan, and Lashio, Burma. It was built while Burma was a British colony to convey supplies to China during the Second Sino ...
and has become the major city and industrial centre of the county. As with most county seats in China, Xiaguan is often referred to by the county name, "Dali". To distinguish it from the county's eponymous
Dali Town
Dali Town () is a township-level division in Dali City, in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. The town contains the historic centre of the county-level city of Dali and is also commonly known as Dali Old Town (). The modern centre of ...
, it is sometimes called "New Dali" or "Dali New Town".
It is about south of Old Dali (Dali Town) by bus.
Transportation
Xiaguan is connected to
Kunming and
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
by the
Hangrui Expressway (G56), with
Lijiang
Lijiang (), also known 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) made of Gucheng ...
by the
Dali Expressway
Dali or Dalí may refer to:
Chinese history
* Kingdom of Dali (937–1253 AD), centered in modern Yunnan
* Kingdom of Nanzhao or Dali, Kingdom of Dali's predecessor state
* Dali, Emperor Daizong of Tang's third and last regnal period (766–779)
...
(G56₁₁), and with
Dali's old town by
Hwy 214.
See also
*
Dali City
Dali City () is the county-level seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan. Dali City is administered through 12 township-level districts, two of which are also commonly referred to as Dali.
Xiaguan () formerly ...
References
Township-level divisions of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
Towns of Yunnan
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