Geographical Location
Yangbi Yi Autonomous County (漾濞彝族自治县; pinyin: Yàngbì yízú Zìzhìxiàn) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in southern Yunnan Province, China.The whole county covers an area of 1957 square kilometers and about 39 kilometers away from Dali City and 353 kilometers away from Kunming.
Introduction
Yangbi yi Nationality autonomous County located in the middle of Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, west of Diancang mountain. Its total area is 1957 square kilometers, 98.4% of the county are the peaks and ridges covered with green trees, the valley plain only accounts for 1.6%. The County government, which stations in West Cangshan town, is apart from the provincial capital Kunming 353 kilometers and apart from the state capital Dali 39 kilometers.
Yangbi County was established in 1912. On November 1, 1985, The State Council of China authorized to build Yangbi Yi Nationality Autonomous County, which governs 3 towns, 6 townships, 65 village offices, 2 subdistrict offices. There are 17 nationalities here, such as Yi, Han, Hui, Miao and Lisu. The total population is 101,775. These nationalities are industrious,simple and closely united.
Administrative Division
Yangbi County is under Dali County’s jurisdiction.There are
3 towns and 6 townships in Yunlong. Towns:Canshanxi Town(苍山西镇)、Yangjiang Town(漾江镇)、Pingpo Town(平坡镇)、Fuhen Township(富恒乡)、Taiping Township(太平乡)、Shunbi Township(顺濞乡)、Wacahng Township(瓦厂乡)、Longtan Township(龙潭乡)、Jijie Township(鸡街乡).
Ethnic Groups
The major ethnic groups are Han,Yi,Hui,Bai,Miao,Lisu,Dai,Hui.
Yangbi County | |
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Location of Yangbi County (pink) and Dali Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China | |
Country | China |
Province | Yunnan |
Prefecture | Dali |
Area | |
• Total | 1,957 km2 (756 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 100,000 |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Postal code | 672500 |
Area code(s) | 0872 |
Website | http://www.zgyb.gov.cn/ |
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