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Lanping Overview

Geographical Location

Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County (兰坪白族普米族自治县) is located in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.Lanping is located in the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (Chinese: 云南三江并流) ,which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yunnan province, China. It lies within the drainage basins of the upper reaches of the Yangtze (Jinsha), Lancang(Mekong) and Nujiang(Salween) rivers, in the Yunnanese section of the Hengduan Mountains.

Introduction

Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County (兰坪白族普米族自治县; pinyin: Lánpíng báizú pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn) is located in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. It lies within the drainage basins of the upper reaches of the Yangtze (Jinsha), Lancang (Mekong) and Nujiang (Salween) rivers, in the Yunnanese section of the Hengduan Mountains.It has an area of 4,388 square kilometres and a population of 0.21 million as 2012 census.

Administrative Division

Lanping county’s jurisdiction is over 4 towns, 4 townships: Jinding Town(金顶镇), Lajing Town(啦井镇), Yingpan Town(营盘镇), Tongdian Town(通甸镇), Tue Township(兔峨乡), Hexi Township(河西乡), Shideng Township(石登乡), Zhongpai Township(中排乡).

Ethnic Groups

Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County (兰坪白族普米族自治县) occupies by Bai, Pumi, Lisu, Nu and Yi etc,14 ethnic minorities. It is the only Bai and Pumi autonomous county of China. The minorities accounts for 93.4% of the total population, among them, Bai accounts for 48.2%, Pumi accounts for 7.5%.

Lanping County in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Lanping County
The Skyline of Lanping County
Location of Lanping County (pink) and Nujiang Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Country	China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture	Nujiang
Area
• Total	4,455 km2 (1,720 sq mi)
Population
• Total	190,000
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code	671400
Area code(s)	0886
Website	http://www.lanping.gov.cn/

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