page_title: Lijiang
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lijiang / Geography and climate / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: China AMS Topographic Maps
context_page_description: Lijiang, also known as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. It has an area of 21,219 square kilometres and had a population of 1,244,769 at the 2010 census whom 211,151 lived in the built-up area made up of Gucheng District. Lijiang is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site, the Old Town of Lijiang.
context_section_description: Lijiang is located in the northwestern portion of Yunnan and borders Sichuan. It is within the region encompassed by the Hengduan Mountains, where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau converge. It borders Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua City to the east, and Jianchuan, Heqing and Binchuan three of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the south. County and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Dayao and Yongren counties, west and north are adjacent to Lanping County of Nujiang Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Weixi County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The city has a total area of 20,600 square kilometers and governs the ancient city, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yongsheng County, Huaping County and Ninglang Yi Autonomous County.
caption: Map including Lijiang (labeled as LI-CHIANG 麗江) (AMS, 1954)
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