Dongchuan District
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Dongchuan 东川区 |
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Red earth at Hongtudi
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.png) Location of Dongchuan (pink) within Kunming (yellow), Yunnan (light grey) |
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 Dongchuan
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| Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Kunming |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,858 km2 (717 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 302,000 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 654100 |
| Area code(s) | 0871 |
| Website | http://www.kmdc.gov.cn/ |
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| Literal meaning | East River District | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngchuān Qū |
| Wade–Giles | Tung-ch‘uen Ch‘ü |
Dongchuan District is a district under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998 Dongchuan was merged into Kunming and became one of its districts.
Dongchuan borders Sichuan.
The highest point is 4344 meters high, and lowest is 695 meters. As of 2000 Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006, the population was 302,000.
The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its Red Earth scenery in the 1990s.
Copper Capital, A-wang, Wulong, Hongtudi, Tangdan, Tuobuka, Yinmin'ge Town and Shekuai Village
Dongchuan Special Industrial Park.
The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest coppers bases in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of copper, accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province.
Red earth at Hongtudi
Red earth
Pyrite concretion in shale
Chrysocolla and Malachite from Dongchuan
Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E
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