Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture ( Northern Yi : /nɛ˨˩ʂa˧/) is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. Its seat is Xichang . Liangshan covers an area of 60,261 km (23,267 sq mi) and has over 4.8 million inhabitants as of 2020. It has the largest population of ethnic Yi (or Nosu) among China's prefectures. Liangshan contains a number of isolated villages high up on its cliffs, often known as " cliff villages ".
11-1007: Liangshan may refer to the following places in China and Korea: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (凉山彝族自治州), Sichuan Liangshan County (梁山县), Shandong Mount Liang (梁山), a mountain in Shandong, well known for Water Margin Liangping County , Chongqing, formerly Liangshan County, Sichuan Liangshan, Jiangxi (良山镇), town in Yushui District , Xinyu Liangshan, Liaoning (梁山镇), town in Xinmin, Liaoning Liangshan, Shaanxi (梁山镇), town in Qian County Liangshan, Shandong (梁山镇), town in and seat of Liangshan County Yangsan (梁山市), South Gyeongsang Province [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
22-524: A "county-level city" from its actual urban area (the traditional meaning of the word "city"), the term " 市区 " (shìqū) or "urban area", is used. While the idea of a "city" being a unit consisting of several "towns" is not a common one in English-speaking world , a somewhat similar naming convention is used for local government areas in some parts of Australia. For example, in New South Wales such
33-543: A city, which is a municipal entity, and a county, which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated counties . County-level cities are not " cities " in the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size of their urban, built-up area. This is because the counties that county-level cities have replaced are themselves large administrative units containing towns , villages and farmland. To distinguish
44-423: A safer manner. Liangshan directly controls two county-level cities , 14 counties , and 1 autonomous county . Zyt Jie Jux Dde Xiep County-level city A county-level municipality ( Chinese : 县级市 ), county-level city or county city , formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: 专辖市 ; 1970–1983: Chinese : 地辖市 ), is a county-level administrative division of
55-1230: A unit may often be called a "city" (rather than a traditional "shire"), and consist of "towns". E.g. City of Blue Mountains is made of a number of towns ( Katoomba , Springwood , etc.). Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present As of 3 April 2023, there are 408 county-level cities in total: A sub-prefectural city
66-605: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Xichang has the Xichang Qingshan Airport and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center . The prefecture also features a substantial network of railways for both passengers and freight. The Anning River , which runs into the Jinsha River (Yangtze River headwaters),
77-571: Is the main river in the area. Owing to its low latitude and high elevation, Liangshan has a mild climate. Under the Köppen system , the prefecture belongs to the humid subtropical zone ( Köppen Cwa ). Winters feature mild days and cool nights, while summers are very warm and humid. Monthly daily mean temperatures range from 9.6 °C (49.3 °F) in January to 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) in July. Unlike much of
88-454: The People's Republic of China . County-level cities have judicial but no legislative rights over their own local law and are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions , but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions . A county-level city is a "city" ( 市 ; shì ) and "county" ( 县 ; xiàn ) that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously
99-462: The cliffs and steep ladders made of ropes. In 2016, the state run The Beijing News reported one such village called Atulie'er where children climbed up a rope ladder for two hours to reach their home from school, often leading to falls and deaths. In light of this, the local government constructed a special steel ladder (dubbed "Stairway to heaven") in November 2016 for people to climb up and down in
110-633: The province, which lies in the Sichuan Basin , humidity levels in winter are rather low, but like the rest of the province, rainfall is concentrated in the months of June through September, and the prefecture is virtually rainless in winter. Due to the mountainous terrain, many villages that lie among the mountain cliffs of Liangshan Yi are isolated from the rest of Sichuan. They are called cliff villages as they tend to be isolated and lie at vertical heights of about 800 m (2,600 ft). Access to these cliff villages tends to be through vines of trees along
121-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liangshan&oldid=1223430227 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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