Zhaojue County
Zhaojue County
昭觉县 · ꏪꐦꑤ | |
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Zhaojue County in 1964 | |
Location of Zhaojue County (red) within Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 28°00′50″N 102°50′35″E / 28.014°N 102.843°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County seat | Xincheng |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,699 km2 (1,042 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,878 m (12,723 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 252,435 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昭觉县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昭覺縣 | ||||||
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| Yi name | |||||||
| Yi | ꏪꐦꑤ Romanisation: juo jjop xiep | ||||||
Zhaojue County (Chinese: 昭觉县, Yi: ꏪꐦꑤ) is a county in the south of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. It has a population of 322,600 as of 2021, including 98.53% Yi. The name Zhaojue is a transliteration in Chinese of the Yi words for 'mountain eagle's plain', or 'sloped plain'.