Xichang
Xichang is a relatively small city in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. While the town may be of little interest, it is an excellent midpoint stop when traveling between Sichuan city and Yunnan, Lugu Lake is 6 hours to the west.
- City with about 966,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,540 metres (5,060 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code XIC
- Description: county-level city in Liangshan, Sichuan, China
- Also known as“Gaindu”“Hsi-ch’ang”“Hsi-ch’ang-hsien”“Jianchang”“Kienchang”“Ning-yüan”“Ningyuanfu”“Sichang”“Sichanghsien”“西昌市 ꀒꎂꏃ”
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Latitude
27.8985° or 27° 53′ 55″ north
Longitude
102.2627° or 102° 15′ 46″ east
Open location code
7PV4V7X7+C3
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Xichang” goes by many names.
شيتشانغArabic
XichangBasque
জিচেংBengali
XichangCatalan
XichangCebuano
西昌Chinese
西昌市Chinese
Si-čchangCzech
XichangDanish
XichangDutch
XichangFinnish
西昌市Gan Chinese
ΣιτσάνGreek
ઝીચાંગGujarati
Sî-chhông-sṳHakka Chinese
שיצ’אנגHebrew
ज़िचेंगHindi
HszicsangHungarian
XichangIndonesian
XichangItalian
西昌市Japanese
ಕ್ಸಿಚಂಗ್Kannada
XichangKikuyu
시창Korean
시창시Korean
SičangaLatvian
SičangasLithuanian
XichangMalagasy
XichangMalay
झिचांगMarathi
Se-chhiong-chhīMin Nan Chinese
XichangNorwegian
XichangNorwegian Bokmål
شیچانگPersian
XichangPolish
XichangRomanian
СичанRussian
ꀒꎂSichuan Yi
ꀒꎂꏃSichuan Yi
ꆿꁮꀒꎂSichuan Yi
ක්සිචාන්Sinhala
ŠičangSlovenian
XichangSlovenian
XichangSwedish
க்ஸிச்ங்Tamil
జీన్చాగ్Telugu
ซีชางThai
XichangTurkish
СічанUkrainian
شیکچانگUrdu
Tây XươngVietnamese
XichangWaray (Philippines)
XichangWelsh
西昌市Wu Chinese
西昌Yue Chinese
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