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Yunnan
NW Yunnan

Lijiang

Lijiang is a small city in Province, ; it was once the capital of a small kingdom. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a busy tourist town.
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  • Type: City with 1,220,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China
  • Also known as: “Jang Sadam”, “Li-chiang”, “Lijiang City”, “Likiang”, “Likiang-hsien”, and “Ta-yen-chen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mu’s Mansion and Wangu Tower.

Park
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is a park.

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Wangu Pavilion is located on Lion Hill, within the district, Yunnan, China. The wooden pavilion was reconstructed in 1997 as part of the Lijiang areas' declaration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Photo: Chris, CC BY 2.0.
is a famous pond in the scenic Jade Spring Park located at the foot of Elephant Hill, a short walk north of the in province, China.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yulong and Lijiang Old City.

Photo: Yangpeifu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naxi Autonomous County (玉龙纳西族自治县; Yùlóng Nàxīzú Zìzhìxiàn） is a city in Province in famous for its old town and handicrafts…

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Dayan, commonly called the Old Town of Lijiang is the historical center of Lijiang City, in , China. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Lijiang

Latitude
26.8596° or 26° 51′ 35″ north
Longitude
100.225° or 100° 13′ 30″ east
Population
1,220,000
Elevation
2,397 metres (7,864 feet)
IATA airport code
LJG
Open location code
7PR2V65F+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469623557
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1813253
Wiki­data ID
Q205914
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lijiang” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lijiang”
  • Arabic: “ليجيانج”
  • Armenian: “Լիծյան”
  • Armenian: “Լիցզյան”
  • Asturian: “Lijiang”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lijiang”
  • Azerbaijani: “Liszyan”
  • Basque: “Lijiang”
  • Bavarian: “Lijiang”
  • Bengali: “লিচিয়াং”
  • Catalan: “Lijiang”
  • Cebuano: “Lijiang”
  • Chinese: “Lē-kang-chhī”
  • Chinese: “丽江”
  • Chinese: “丽江市”
  • Chinese: “麗江”
  • Chinese: “麗江市”
  • Croatian: “Lijiang”
  • Czech: “Li-ťiang”
  • Danish: “Lijiang”
  • Dutch: “Lijiang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليجيانج”
  • Esperanto: “Lijiang”
  • Estonian: “Lijiang”
  • Finnish: “Lijiang”
  • French: “Li Jiang”
  • French: “Lijiang”
  • French: “Likiang”
  • Gan Chinese: “丽江市”
  • Georgian: “ლიძიანი”
  • German: “Lijiang”
  • German: “丽江市”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Li-kông-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “ליג’יאנג”
  • Hebrew: “ליגיאנג”
  • Hindi: “लिजिआंग, युन्नान”
  • Hindi: “लिजिआंग”
  • Hungarian: “Licsiang”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Lijiang”
  • Indonesian: “Lijiang”
  • Irish: “Lijiang”
  • Italian: “Lijiang”
  • Japanese: “麗江”
  • Japanese: “麗江ナシ族自治県”
  • Japanese: “麗江市”
  • Kikuyu: “Lijiang”
  • Kirghiz: “Лицзян шаары”
  • Korean: “려강”
  • Korean: “려강시”
  • Korean: “리장 시”
  • Korean: “리장”
  • Korean: “리장시”
  • Korean: “여강”
  • Literary Chinese: “麗江市”
  • Lithuanian: “Lidziangas”
  • Malagasy: “Lijiang”
  • Malay: “Lijiang”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lâ̤-gŏng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lē-kang-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lijiang”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lijiang”
  • Norwegian: “Lijiang”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lijiang”
  • Persian: “لیجیانگ”
  • Pinyin: “Lìjiāng”
  • Polish: “Liciang”
  • Polish: “Lijiang”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Antiga de Lijiang”
  • Portuguese: “Lijiang”
  • Russian: “Даянь”
  • Russian: “Лицзян”
  • Scots: “Lijiang”
  • Serbian: “Лиђанг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lijiang”
  • Slovak: “Li-ťiang”
  • Slovenian: “Lidžjang”
  • Spanish: “Lijiang”
  • Swedish: “Lijiang”
  • Swedish: “Likiang”
  • Tagalog: “Lijiang”
  • Thai: “เมืองเก่าลี่เจียง”
  • Thai: “เมืองลี่เจียง”
  • Thai: “ลี่เจียง”
  • Turkish: “Lijiang”
  • Uighur: “Lijyang shehiri”
  • Uighur: “لىجياڭ شەھىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліцзян”
  • Urdu: “لیجیانگ”
  • Venetian: “Lijiang”
  • Vietnamese: “Lệ Giang”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành cổ Lệ Giang”
  • Welsh: “Lijiang”
  • Wu Chinese: “丽江市”
  • Yue Chinese: “麗江”

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