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Dongchuan District

 
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Dongchuan District
—  District  —
Chinese transcription(s)
 - Characters 东川区
 - Pinyin Dōngchuān Qū
Location of Dongchuan (pink) within Kunming (yellow), Yunnan (light grey)
Dongchuan District is located in Yunnan
Dongchuan District
Location within China
Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E / 26.183; 103.067
Country China
Province Yunnan
Prefecture Kunming
Area
 - Total 1,858 km2 (717.4 sq mi)
Population
 - Total 302,000
 - Density 162.5/km2 (421/sq mi)
Postal code 654100
Area code(s) 0871
Website http://www.kmdc.gov.cn/

Dongchuan District (simplified Chinese: 东川区traditional Chinese: 東川區pinyin: Dōngchuān Qū) is a district under the jurisdiction of Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998 Dongchuan city was merged into Kunming city and became one of its districts. Dongchuan borders with Sichuan province.

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Administrative divisions

Copper Capital, A-wang, Wulong, Hongtudi, Tangdan, Tuobuka, Yinmin'ge Town and Shekuai Village

Geography

The area of Dongchuan is, according to some websites, 1858 km², but some websites claim 1674 km². 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.[1]

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.[2]

Industrial Park

  • Dongchuan Special Industrial Park [1]

Copper

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.[1]

References

External links

Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E / 26.183; 103.067


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