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Lijiang
丽江市 Likiang | |
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 Location of Lijiang City jurisdiction in Yunnan | |
  Lijiang Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Lijiang municipal government): 26°51′19″N 100°13′33″E / 26.8552°N 100.2259°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Admin HQ | Gucheng |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 20,557 km2 (7,937 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,264 km2 (488 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,264 km2 (488 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,253,878 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 288,787 |
| • Urban density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 288,787 |
| • Metro density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 62 billion US$ 9.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 49,768 US$ 7,340 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 674100 |
| Area code | 0888 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-YN-07 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 云P |
| Website | lijiang |
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Lijiang (Chinese: 丽江), formerly romanized as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of 21,219 square kilometres (8,193 sq mi) and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng District. Lijiang is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site, the Old Town of Lijiang, which contains a mixture of different historical architecture styles and a complex, ancient water-supply system.[3] and borders Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua City in Sichuan Province to the east. It has one municipality and four counties.
Lijiang City is located in Yungui Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is one of the key forest areas in Yunnan Province and one of the west and east power transmission bases of China's hydropower industry. Lijiang City is a multi-ethnic settlement, except for the Han nationality, there are a total of 22 ethnic minorities.
Lijiang is the only prefecture-level city with three World Heritage Sites, rich in tourism resources, 104 tourist attractions, such as Lijiang Ancient City, Yulong Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Laojun Mountain, and Shuhe Ancient Town.
- ^ "China: Yúnnán (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ 云南省统计局、国家统计局云南调查总队 (December 2023). 《云南统计年鉴－2023》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-9653-1.
- ^ "Old Town of Lijiang". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations, Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 4 Apr 2021.