Dongchuan District

Dongchuan
东川区
District

Red earth at Hongtudi

Location of Dongchuan (pink) within Kunming (yellow), Yunnan (light grey)
Dongchuan

Location within China

Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E / 26.183; 103.067
Country China
Province Yunnan
Prefecture Kunming
Area
 • Total 1,858 km2 (717 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 302,000
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Postal code 654100
Area code(s) 0871
Website http://www.kmdc.gov.cn/
Dongchuan District
Traditional Chinese 東川區
Simplified Chinese 东川区
Literal meaning East River District

Dongchuan District[lower-alpha 1] is a district under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China.

History

Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998 Dongchuan was merged into Kunming and became one of its districts.

Geography

Dongchuan borders Sichuan.

The highest point is 4344 meters high, and lowest is 695 meters. As of 2000 Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006, the population was 302,000.[2]

The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its Red Earth scenery in the 1990s.[3]

Administrative divisions

Copper Capital, A-wang, Wulong, Hongtudi, Tangdan, Tuobuka, Yinmin'ge Town and Shekuai Village

Economy

Dongchuan Special Industrial Park.[4]

The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest coppers bases in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of copper, accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also formerly romanized as Tung-chuen or Tung-chuen-foo.[1]

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Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E / 26.183; 103.067

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