Yanbian County () is located in the northwest of Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, China and the lower reaches of the Yalong River. It is under the jurisdiction 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 ...

Panzhihua Panzhihua (), formerly Dukou (), is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of , and a population at the 2 ...

. The name of Yanbian County is named because of its geographical location on the edge of

Yanyuan County Yanyuan County (; ii, ꋂꂿꑤ ce mo xiep) is a county in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. The county is located in Sichuan's rugged Hengduan Mountains in southwest Sichuan, but the county se ...

. With a total area of 3,269 square kilometers, the population in 2002 was 190,000, and the demographics were Han, Yi,

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 ...

and other ethnic groups.

History

Climate

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External links

Official website of Yanbian County Government
County-level divisions of Sichuan {{Sichuan-geo-stub