Yunnan
Central Yunnan
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Jianchuan

Jianchuan is a city in Province in famous for its old town and handicrafts. Jianchuan Ancient City is an ancient city with a strong flavor of Bai ethnic culture and city fireworks.
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  • Type: City with 23,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Chien-ch’uan Hsien” and “Jianchuan County”

Places of Interest

Highlights include 剑川一中.

School
Photo: Kcx36, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a school.

Jianchuan

Latitude
26.5401° or 26° 32′ 24″ north
Longitude
99.9046° or 99° 54′ 17″ east
Population
23,000
Elevation
2,190 metres (7,185 feet)
Open location code
7MRXGWR3+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469623256
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280966
Wiki­data ID
Q1200810
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Jianchuan” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Jianchuan Xian”
  • Chinese: “Jiànchuānxiàn”
  • Chinese: “Kiàm-chhoan-koān”
  • Chinese: “剑川”
  • Chinese: “剑川县”
  • Chinese: “劍川”
  • Chinese: “劍川縣”
  • Dutch: “Jianchuan”
  • French: “Comte de Jianchuan”
  • French: “Comté De Jianchuan”
  • French: “Jianchuan”
  • French: “xian de Jianchuan”
  • French: “Xian de Jianchuan”
  • Gan Chinese: “剑川县”
  • German: “Jianchuan”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jianchuan”
  • Japanese: “剣川県”
  • Korean: “젠촨현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiàm-chhoan-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jianchuan”
  • Norwegian: “Jianchuan”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جیانچوان”
  • Russian: “Цзьньхуа”
  • Russian: “Цзяньчуань”
  • Spanish: “Jianchuan”
  • Swedish: “Jianchuan”
  • Ukrainian: “Цзяньчуань”
  • Urdu: “جیانچوان کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiếm Xuyên”
  • Wu Chinese: “剑川县”
  • Yue Chinese: “劍川”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jianchuan”. Photo: Yangpeifu, CC BY-SA 4.0.