Gao County or Gaoxian () is a county of

Sichuan Province 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 ...

, China. It is under the administration of

Yibin Yibin (; Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi2bin1; Sichuanese pronunciation: ) is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern part of Sichuan province, China, located at the junction of the Min and Yangtze Rivers. Its population was 4,588,804 inhabitants, a ...

city and has a population of 526,400 in 2019, 171,000 of which live in the urban area. The county seat is located 48 km from Yibin city. The county is traversed by the Nanguang River ( :zh:南广河), a tributary of the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

. About half of the land area is covered by forests. On 20 March 1994, 18 people were killed by a landslide in the east of Gao County.

Administrative divisions

Gao County administers 13

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

: * Qingfu * Wenjiang * Yuejiang * Shahe * Jiaocun * Luochang * Shengtian * Laifu * Kejiu * Jiale * Xiaxing * Luorun * Qingling

Climate

References

Counties and districts of Yibin {{Sichuan-geo-stub