Zhaotong city(昭阳区) was the place where Shushi county(朱提县) seated in 135 AD, and it was not administrated by Qianwei prefecture(犍为郡) until Tang dynasty. In Tang dynasty, Zhaotong city was under the command of Wumeng tribe ,which was the territory of Nanzhao kingdom. In 1276, Yuan dynasty, Wumeng tribe was reset as Wumeng Road and established as Wumeng prefecture in 1382, Ming dynasty. Later , in Qing dynasty, the governor set Enan county(恩安县), Zhaotong prefecture here, and renamed it Zhaotong county in 1913.
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