Lincang Counties Travel Guide

Located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, Lincang City is so called because it sits along the Lancang River. It neighbors Puer in the east, Dali in the north and Baoshan in the west. Burma lies to the southwest of the city. Its downtown area is 610 kilometers (379 miles) from the capital city of the province, Kunming.     

Lincang lies at the bottom of the Hengduan Mountains and Nushan Mountain in western Yunnan. The terrain here slopes from southeast to southwest. There are many rivers which pass through or spring from Lincang.          

The Wa ethnic minority is the largest minority group in Lincang and two thirds of the total Wa population of Yunnan live here. Wa villages and their handmade gifts and other crafts are attractive parts of a trip to Lincang.

Administrative Division:
1 district (Linxiang); 4 counties (Fengqing, Yunxian, Yongde, Zhenkang); 3 autonomous counties (Shuangjiang Lahu, Wa, Blang and Dai Autonomous County, Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County)

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#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Linxiang District	临翔区	Línxiáng Qū	280,000	2,652	106
2	Fengqing County	凤庆县	Fèngqìng Xiàn	420,000	3,451	122
3	Yun County	云县	Yún Xiàn	400,000	3,760	106
4	Yongde County	永德县	Yǒngdé Xiàn	330,000	3,296	100
5	Zhenkang County	镇康县	Zhènkāng Xiàn	160,000	2,642	61
6	Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County	双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县	Shuāngjiāng Lāhùzú Wǎzú Bùlǎngzú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn	160,000	2,292	70
7	Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County	耿马傣族佤族自治县	Gěngmǎ Dǎizú Wǎzú Zìzhìxiàn	250,000	3,837	65
8	Cangyuan Va Autonomous County	沧源佤族自治县	Cāngyuán Wǎzú Zìzhìxiàn	160,000	2,539	63