Yiliang County () is a county in the southeast of
Yunnan Province
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 ...
, China, bordering the provinces of
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 t ...
to the northeast and
Guizhou
Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the pr ...
to the south. 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 Chi ...
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 ...
. In 2020 the population was 631,538 including 14.27%
ethnic minorities
The term 'minority group' has different usages depending on the context. According to its common usage, a minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number o ...
, most of them
Miao Miao may refer to:
* Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China
* Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages
* Miao (Unicode ...
(59,920) and
Yi (28,406).
It is the home county of general Luo Binghui (
罗炳辉) and also known for the plant
gastrodia elata
''Gastrodia elata'' is a saprophytic perennial herb in the family Orchidaceae. It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Japan, North Korea, Siberia, Taiwan, and China.
Description
The orchid has an 8–12 centimeters long elliptical underground rhiz ...
.
Tourism
Yiliang's main attractions are:
* Niujie Ancient Town
* Long and Ding manors
* Shoushi Mountain
* Traditional Miao villages
Administrative divisions
The county seat is Juekui, it will be split into Juekui subdistrict and Fajie subdistrict (发界街道), pending approval from higher government organs.
Towns
* Juekui (角奎镇)
* Luozehe (洛泽河镇)
* Niujie (牛街镇)
* Haizi (海子镇)
* Qiaoshan (荞山镇)
* Long'an (龙安镇)
* Lianghe (两河镇)
* Zhongming (钟鸣镇)
* Xiaocaoba (小草坝镇)
* Longhai (龙海镇)
Townships
* Liuxi Miao ethnic township (柳溪苗族乡)
* Luowang Miao ethnic township (洛旺苗族乡)
* Longjie Miao and Yi ethnic township (龙街苗族彝族乡)
* Kuixiang Miao and Yi ethnic township (奎香苗族彝族乡)
* Shulin Yi and Miao ethnic township (树林彝族苗族乡)
Climate
References
External links
Yiliang County Official Website
County-level divisions of Zhaotong
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