| Lijiang 丽江 |
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| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| Chinese transliteration(s) | |
| - Characters | 丽江 |
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| - Pinyin | Lìjiāng |
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| City seat | Gucheng |
| Area | |
| - Total | 21,219 km² (8,192. A prefecture-level city ( or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 1,137,600 |
| - Density | 53. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/km² (138. 9/sq mi) |
| Website: http://www.lijiang.gov.cn/ | |
- Lijiang is also the name of a river in the Guangxi province of China. For the city in Yunnan Province see Lijiang City. For other uses see Lijiang The Li River or Li Jiang ( Chinese
Lijiang City (Chinese: 丽江市; pinyin: Lìjiāngshì) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use A prefecture-level city ( or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES It has an area of 21,219 square kilometers and a population of 1,137,600 as of 2005. [1]
Lijiang City replaced former administrative region Lijiang Prefecture. Lijiang Prefecture no longer exists today.
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Administrative divisions
Lijiang City comprises one district and four counties:
- Gucheng District (古城区)
- Yongsheng County (永胜县)
- Huaping County (华坪县)
- Yulong Naxi Autonomous County (玉龙纳西族自治县)
- Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (宁蒗彝族自治县)
The government of Lijiang City sits in Gucheng District. The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 ( xiàn)
Old Town
The world famous Old Town of Lijiang is located in Lijiang City. The Old Town of Lijiang is a famous UNESCO Heritage Site located in Lijiang City, Yunnan, China. It is a UNESCO Heritage Site.
The town has a history going back more than 800 years and was once a confluence for trade along the old tea horse road. The Lijiang old town is famous for its orderly system of waterways and bridges. The old town of Lijiang differs from other ancient Chinese cities in architecture, history and the culture of its traditional residents the Nakhi people, therefore people there are called 胖金哥 and 胖金妹 (male and female respectively).
References
- ^ Profile of Lijiang City (Chinese). Official website of Lijiang Government (2006-06-26). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Retrieved on 2008-06-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for
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