Yun County or Yunxian () is a county in the southwest of

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 is the easternmost

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of the

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of Lincang. Yun County borders

Jingdong County Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an autonomous county in southern Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pu'er. Jingdong borders Nanhua County, Chuxiong City and Shuangbai Cou ...

across the

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to the east,

Linxiang District Linxiang District () is a district of the city of Lincang, Yunnan province, China. It borders Jingdong County Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an autonomous county in southern Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level di ...

and Gengma County to the south, Fengqing County and

Yongde County Yongde County () is a county in the west of Yunnan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of ...

to the west and Nanjian County across the Lancang River to the north.

Administrative divisions

Yun County has 7 towns, 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships. ;7 towns ;2 townships * Xiaojie () * Chafang () ;3 ethnic townships * Manghuai Yi and Bulang () * Lishu Yi and Dai () * Houqing Yi ()

Ethnic groups

According to the ''Yun County Gazetteer'' (2006:527), the Limi (), a Yi subgroup, and Dai, both located in Xingfu Township (), preserve both their traditional clothing and language. However, the following peoples preserve their language, but not their traditional clothing. *Xiangtang 香堂: Xinmin 新民, Dazhai Township 大寨镇 *Tuli 土里: Shaojie 哨街 and Houshan 后山 of Maolan Township 茂兰镇 *Luoluo 倮倮: Hewai 河外, Aihua Township 爱华镇

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Transportation

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