Lijiang

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Prefecture-level city in Yunnan, People's Republic of China

Lijiang 丽江市 Likiang
Prefecture-level city
Black Dragon Pool and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Old Town of Lijiang Jinsha River Lijiang Old town lookout Tiger Leaping Gorge Baishui River under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Baisha Town in Yulong County
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 / 26.8552; 100.2259
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.gov.cn

Lijiang
"Lijiang" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	丽江
Traditional Chinese	麗江
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lìjiāng Wade–Giles Li4-chiang1 IPA [lîtɕjáŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Laih-gōng Jyutping Lai6-gong1 Southern Min Tâi-lô Lē-kang

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.