Yunnan
Central Yunnan
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Weishan

Weishan is a city in , . It is a nice city with laid-back atmosphere and lovely old pedestrian street, 2 hours bus ride from Xiaguan south-west bus station.
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  • Type: City with 49,600 residents
  • Description: autonomous county
  • Also known as: “Wei-shan Yi-Hui Autonomous Hsien”, “Wei-shan-i-tsu-hui-tsu Tzu-chih-hsien”, “Weishan County”, and “Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gongchen Tower Gate and Xinggong Tower Gate.

City gate
Photo: Zhangmoon618, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gongchen Tower was a 14th-century wooden tower built on top of the northern gate of the city wall of Nanzhao, the old town and seat of Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County in the Chinese province of .

Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Weishan

Latitude
25.2303° or 25° 13′ 49″ north
Longitude
100.3053° or 100° 18′ 19″ east
Population
49,600
Elevation
1,721 metres (5,646 feet)
Open location code
7PQ268J4+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469624766
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1791612
Wiki­data ID
Q1152613
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Weishan” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Weishan Yizu Huizu Zizhixian”
  • Chinese: “Gûi-san Î-cho̍k Hoê-cho̍k Chū-tī-koān”
  • Chinese: “Wēishān Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “巍山”
  • Chinese: “巍山县”
  • Chinese: “巍山彝族回族自治县”
  • Chinese: “巍山彝族回族自治縣”
  • Chinese: “蒙化”
  • French: “Comte autonome yi et hui de Weishan”
  • French: “Comté autonome yi et hui de Weishan”
  • French: “Weishan”
  • French: “Xian autonome yi et hui de Weishan”
  • Gan Chinese: “巍山彝族回族自治县”
  • German: “Weishan”
  • Italian: “Contea autonoma yi e hui di Weishan”
  • Japanese: “巍山”
  • Japanese: “巍山イ族回族自治県”
  • Japanese: “巍山県”
  • Japanese: “蒙化県”
  • Korean: “웨이산 이족 후이족 자치현”
  • Korean: “웨이산현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gûi-san Î-cho̍k Hoê-cho̍k Chū-tī-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Weishan Yi Hui”
  • Norwegian: “Weishan Yi Hui”
  • Russian: “Вэйшань-И-Хуэйский автономный уезд”
  • Spanish: “Weishan”
  • Swedish: “Weishan, Dali”
  • Swedish: “Weishan”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейшань-Ї-Хуей”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейшань-Ї-Хуейський автономний повіт”
  • Urdu: “وئیشان یی اور حوئی خود مختار کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Nguy Sơn”
  • Wu Chinese: “巍山彝族回族自治县”
  • Yue Chinese: “巍山”

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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 “Weishan”. Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.