Yanyuan County

Yanyuan County is a county in , , China, bordering province to the west. The county is located in Sichuan's rugged in southwest Sichuan, but the county seat of Yanjing is situated in an unusually flat basin with a 30 km diameter.
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  • Type: City with 79,800 residents
  • Description: county in Liangshan, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: Yanyuan”, “Yanyuan Yizu Zizhixian”, “Yen-yüan-i-tsu Tzu-chih-hsien”, “盐井”, and “盐井镇

Yanyuan County

Latitude
27.4261° or 27° 25′ 34″ north
Longitude
101.5075° or 101° 30′ 27″ east
Population
79,800
Elevation
2,819 metres (9,249 feet)
Open location code
7PV3CGG5+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2551567117
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1787039
Wiki­data ID
Q1200266
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Yanyuan County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Yanyuan Xian
  • Chinese: Iâm-goân-koān
  • Chinese: Yányuán Xiàn
  • Chinese: 定莋縣
  • Chinese: 盐源
  • Chinese: 盐源县
  • Chinese: 鹽源縣
  • Dutch: Yanyuan
  • French: Comte de Yanyuan
  • French: Comté De Yanyuan
  • French: xian de Yanyuan
  • French: Xian de Yanyuan
  • French: Yanyuan
  • Gan Chinese: 盐源县
  • German: Yanyuan
  • Hakka Chinese: Yàm-ngièn-yen
  • Italian: Contea di Yanyuan
  • Japanese: 塩源県
  • Korean: 옌위안현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Iâm-goân-koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yanyuan
  • Norwegian: Yanyuan
  • Persian: شهرستان یانیوان
  • Russian: Яньюань
  • Sichuan Yi: ꋂꂿꇓꈓ
  • Sichuan Yi: ꋂꂿꑤ
  • Sichuan Yi: ꑸꑼꑤ
  • Spanish: Yanyuan
  • Swedish: Yanyuan
  • Ukrainian: Яньцзін
  • Vietnamese: Diêm Nguyên
  • Wu Chinese: 盐源县

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