Huidong County ( zh, s=会东县; ) is a county in the far south of

Sichuan Province Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...

, China. It is under the administration of the

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Nuosu language, Northern Yi: /nɛ˨˩ʂa˧/) is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. Its seat is Xichang. Liangshan covers an area o ...

Geography

Huidong is located in southern Sichuan. It borders Huili to the west, Ningnan County to the north, and

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, Dongchuan District and

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across the

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to the south and east.

Administrative divisions

Huidong County comprises 2 subdistricts, 13

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, and 4 townships.

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Amdo {{Sichuan-geo-stub