Yongshan County () is a county in the northeast of
Yunnan
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Province, China, bordering
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
Province to the north and northwest across 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 ...
. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
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 ...
.
Ethnic groups
There are two main
Yi ethnic subgroups in Yongshan County, namely Laluo (腊罗) and Niesu (聂苏).
Administrative divisions
Yongshan County has 8 towns, 5 townships and 2 ethnic townships.
;8 towns
;5 townships
;2 ethnic townships
*
Manan Miao and Yi ()
*
Wuzhai Yi and Miao ()
Government
*Government address:
Xiluodu Town, Yongshan County, Zhaotong, Yunnan 657300
Poverty
Yongshan was a
state-designated poor county, which means the average
income
Income is the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. Income is difficult to define conceptually and the definition may be different across fields. For ...
of its people is below 530
yuan a year - that is, less than 30 US cents a day.
Climate
See also
*
Xiluodu Dam
The Xiluodu Dam () is an arch dam on the Jinsha River, i.e. the upper course of the Yangtze in People's Republic of China, China. It is located near the town (China), town of Xiluodu in Yongshan County of Yunnan Province but the dam straddles into ...
References
External links
Yongshan County Official Site
County-level divisions of Zhaotong
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