Longyang District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

of the city of Baoshan,

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

province, China. It borders

Yongping County Yongping County (; Bai: or ) is a county of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, located in the west of Yunnan Province, China. It borders Yangbi County to the east, Changning County to the south, Longyang District Longyang District () is a ...

and Changning County to the east,

Shidian County Shidian County () is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baoshan, in the west of Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population o ...

and

Longling County Longling County ( zh, s=龙陵县 , t=龍陵縣 , p=Lónglíng Xiàn) is a county in Baoshan City, in the west of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south. Its capital is the large community Longshan (). The site of the ...

to the south,

Tengchong Tengchong () is a county-level city of Baoshan City, western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It is well known for its volcanic activity. The city is named after the town of Tengchong which serves as its political center, previously ...

to the west, and

Lushui Lushui (, ) is a county-level city in and the seat of Nujiang Prefecture, western Yunnan Province, China. It borders Myanmar's Kachin State to the west and occupies the southern fifth of Nujiang Prefecture. Administrative divisions Lushui City ...

and

Yunlong County Yunlong County () is under the administration of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China; it is the westernmost county-level division of Dali Prefecture. Yunlong borders Eryuan County and Yangbi County t ...

to the north.

Administrative divisions

Longyang District has 6 subdistricts, 5 towns, 6 townships and 4 ethnic townships. ;6 subdistricts ;5 towns ;6 townships ;4 ethnic townships

Ethnic groups

The ''Yaojing'' , a subgroup of the De'ang, are located in Baizhai , Laxian , and Dagoubian of Mangyan Village and Shiti Village in Lujiang Township , Longyang District (''Baoshan Ethnic Gazetteer'' 2006:490-491).

Mineral resources

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Chlorite group The chlorites are the group of phyllosilicate minerals common in low-grade metamorphic rocks and in Mineral alteration, altered igneous rocks. Greenschist, formed by metamorphism of basalt or other low-silica volcanic rock, typically contains si ...

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Cinnabar Cinnabar (; ), or cinnabarite (), also known as ''mercurblende'' is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of Mercury sulfide, mercury(II) sulfide (HgS). It is the most common source ore for refining mercury (element), elemental mercury and is t ...

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Galena Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver. Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crysta ...

Pyrite The mineral pyrite ( ), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral. Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue ...

Pyrrhotite Pyrrhotite (''Pyrrhus of Epirus, pyrrhos'' in Greek language, Greek meaning "flame-coloured"'')'' is an iron sulfide mineral with the formula Fe(1−x)S (x = 0 to 0.125). It is a nonstoichiometric compound, nonstoichiometric variant of FeS, th ...

Sphalerite Sphalerite is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula . It is the most important ore of zinc. Sphalerite is found in a variety of deposit types, but it is primarily in Sedimentary exhalative deposits, sedimentary exhalative, Carbonate-hoste ...

References

External links

Longyang District Official Website

Longyang Tourism Bureau
County-level divisions of Baoshan, Yunnan {{Yunnan-geo-stub