Yanyuan County
Yanyuan County
盐源县 · ꑸꑼꑤ | |
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Yanjing, the seat of Yanyuan | |
Location of Yanyuan County (red) within Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 27°34′N 101°27′E / 27.567°N 101.450°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Liangshan |
| County seat | Yanjing Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,388 km2 (3,239 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 340,898 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 盐源县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鹽源縣 | ||||||
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| Yi | ꋂꂿꑤ Romanisation: ce mo xiep | ||||||
Yanyuan County (Chinese: 盐源县; pinyin: Yányuán Xiàn; Yi: ꑸꑼꑤ yiep yuop xiep, also ꋂꂿꑤ ce mo xiep) is a county in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. The county is located in Sichuan's rugged Hengduan Mountains in southwest Sichuan, but the county seat of Yanjing (盐井) is situated in an unusually flat basin with a 30 km (19 mi) diameter. Yanjing, as the county seat, is usually referred to as Yanyuan.