Lijiang
China · Yunnan
Lijiang, formerly romanized as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of 21,219 square kilometres (8,193 sq mi) and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng District. By the end of 2024, the registered population of the city was 1,243,700. Lijiang is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site, the Old Town of Lijiang, which contains a mixture of different historical architecture styles and a complex, ancient water-supply system.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+8 · 14 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Yunnan
- Main language
- Chinese
- On the map
- 26.86° N, 100.23° E
Near Lijiang
- Shangri-La · 120 km away
- Dali · 139 km away
- Kunming · 341 km away
- Emeishan City · 442 km away
- Leshan · 458 km away
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