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Lijiang 丽江
—  Prefecture-level city  —
Chinese transcription(s)
- Characters	丽江市
- Pinyin	Lìjiāng Shì
Location of Lijiang City Prefecture
Lijiang Location within China
Coordinates: 26°53′N 100°14′E / 26.883°N 100.233°E / 26.883; 100.233
Country	China
Province	Yunnan
Admin HQ	Gucheng
Area
- Total	21,219 km2 (8,192.7 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	1,137,600
- Density	53.6/km2 (138.9/sq mi)
Postal code	674100
Area code(s)	0888
Website	http://www.lijiang.gov.cn/

Lijiang (Chinese: 丽江市; pinyin: Lìjiāng Shì) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of 21,219 square kilometers and a population of 1,137,600 as of 2005.^[1]

History

Lijiang City replaced former administrative region Lijiang Prefecture. Lijiang Prefecture no longer exists today.

Transport

• Lijiang Airport (LJG); Lijiang Airport is located in the south of Lijiang city, 28 km away from downtown. There is an airport shuttle bus service in downtown Lijiang. The airport was opened in July 1995 and has flights to Kunming, Chengdu, Xishuangbanna, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Guiyang. It also offers chartered airplane service. There are flights from Kunming to Lijiang every day and is about 30 minutes flight time.

• There are bus services to, amongst others, Kunming City (8 hrs), Dali City (3 hrs), the Tiger Leaping Gorge and Shangri-La.

• There is a train service to Kunming with one overnight and two day trains, and one day train to Dali.

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 Nakhi 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.

Sites

Nearby Lijiang is the Baishui Terrace Baishuitai (白水台, literally "White Water Terrace") is a an area where spring water flows over a sinter terrace, leaving behind travertine.

Old Town

Baishuitai, north of Lijiang

The world famous Old Town of Lijiang is located in Lijiang City. 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 (pàng jīn gē, pàng jīn mèi, male and female respectively).

Panorama

Twinning

• Sister city: Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia^[2]
• Roanoke, Virginia, USA

See also

• Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles: a film by Zhang Yimou which takes place in the Lijiang area

References

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