Lijiang City
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Lijiang 丽江市 |
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 Location of Lijiang City jurisdiction in Yunnan |
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 Lijiang
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| Coordinates: 26°53′N 100°14′E / 26.883°N 100.233°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Admin HQ | Gucheng |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 21,219 km2 (8,193 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,127 km2 (435 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,127 km2 (435 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,244,769 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 155,540 |
| • Urban density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 155,540 |
| • Metro density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 674100 |
| Area code(s) | 0888 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 云P |
| Website | lijiang |
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"Lijiang" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Simplified Chinese | 丽江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 麗江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lìjiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Li4-chiang1 |
| IPA | [lîtɕi̯áŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Laih-gōng |
| Jyutping | Lai6-gong1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Lē-kang |
Lijiang (Chinese: 丽江) 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 1,244,769 at the 2010 census. Lijiang is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site, the Old Town of Lijiang.
Lijiang City replaced the former administrative region of Lijiang Naxi Autonomous Prefecture. It was under the rule of the Mu family (木氏) local commanders (土司) during the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
The Baisha Old Town was the political, commercial and cultural center for the local Naxi people and other ethnic groups for 400 years from the year 658 AD to 1107 AD. The Dabaoji Palace of the Baisha Fresco, very close to the Baisha Naxi Hand-made Embroidery Institute, was built in the year 658 AD in the Tang Dynasty (618 AD to 960 AD).
In ancient times, the Baisha Old Town used to be the center of silk embroidery in the southwest of China and the most important place of the Ancient Southern Silk Road, also called the Ancient Tea and Horse Road or Ancient tea route. The Ancient Southern Silk Road started from Burma, crossed Lijiang, Shangri-La County, Tibet, journeyed through Iran, the Fertile Crescent, and ultimately to the Mediterranean Sea.
The government of Lijiang City sits in Gucheng District.
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