Yimen Overview ,Yunnan Adventure Travel

Yimen Overview

Geographical Location

Yimen county(易门县) is located in the west part of Middle Yunnan province, it borders Anning and Jinning county in the east, Eshan county in the south, Shuangbai county to the west and Lufeng county in the north. The county seat-Longquan town(龙泉镇) is 146km away from Hongta District(红塔区),the station of Yuxi people’s government and 94km away from Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province. Its’ territory stretch 44 km from east to west and 57km from south to north with the total area of 1571 square kilometers. Hilly area occupies 97% of the total area, so, Yimen is a mountainous county.

Brief Introduction

Yimen is a county under the administer of Yuxi prefecture, its’ total population is 173 thousand. The area code is 0877 and the zip code is 651100. Yimen county is rich in natural resources like water power resources and mineral resources. Yimen county is one of the principle producing area of copper mine. Recently, Yimen county has made great progress in economic development, and tourism is growing to a mainstay industry of Yimen county.

Administrative Division

Longquan town(龙泉镇), Liujie town(六街镇), Lvzhi town(绿汁镇), Pubei township(浦贝乡), Shijie township(十街乡), Tongchang township(铜厂乡), Xiaojie township(小街乡).

Ethnic Group

Many ethnic minorities inhabit in Yimen county, among them, Yi people, Miao people and Hani People are dominate.

Yimem County in Yunnan Province

Yimen County
Location of Yimen County (pink) and Yuxi Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Country	China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture	Yuxi City
Area
• Total	1,114 km² (430 sq mi)
Population
• Total	170,946
• Density	150/km² (400/sq mi)
Postal code	651100
Area code(s)	0877
Website	http://www.yimen.gov.cn/

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