As of 2018, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture governs 17 counties and cities, namely: Xichang City, Yanyuan County, Dechang County, Huili County, Huidong County, Ningnan County, Puge County, Bu Tuo County, Jinyang County, Zhaojue County, Xide County, Mianning County, Yuexi County, Ganluo County, Meigu County, Leibo County, and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County.

1. Xichang City

is the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. It is located in the Anning Valley area in southwest Sichuan Province. It covers an area of ??2,651 square kilometers and governs 6 streets and 8 There are 29 towns and 29 townships (including 12 Yi townships and 2 Hui townships), with a permanent population of 775,000 and an urbanization rate of 57.57. Xichang belongs to the tropical plateau monsoon climate zone and is known as a small "Spring City".

Warm in winter and cool in summer, the four seasons are like spring. Xichang is rich in tourism resources and is an important node on the Greater Shangri-La Tourism Circle and the Sichuan-Yunnan Tourism Golden Line. There are Qionghai-Lushan Mountain, Luoji Mountain, Lugu Lake, Lingshan Temple, Satellite Launch Base, Educated Youth Museum, Huanglian Earth Forest and other tourist attractions in and around the territory.

2. Yanyuan County

Affiliated to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, it is located on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Sichuan Province and on the west bank of the lower reaches of the Yalong River. The geographical coordinates are: 100°42′ East Longitude 09″-102°03′44″, between 27°06′31-28°16′31″ north latitude.

It faces Xichang City, Dechang County and Miyi across the Yalong River in the east , connected to Yanbian County in the south, Ninglang County in Yunnan Province in the west, and connected with Muli Tibetan Autonomous County and Mianning County in the north. Yanyuan County covers an area of ??8398.6 square kilometers. As of 2012, Yanyuan County governs 8 towns and 25 counties. Township, 1 ethnic township.

3. Huili County

In ancient times, it was called Huiwu and Huichuan, and it belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. " got its name. Huili County is located at the southernmost tip of Sichuan Province, in the heart of Panxi. The county covers an area of ??4,527 square kilometers.

As of 2019, it has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 25 towns, and 1 According to the Management Committee, the permanent population in the county was 443,500 at the end of 2017. There are 29 ethnic groups in the county, including Han, Yi, Tibetan, Hui, and Dai, and ethnic minorities account for 16.7% of the total population.

4. Ningnan County

Affiliated to the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, it is located on the east side of the south of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, facing the Jinsha River in the east and across the river from Qiaojia County in Yunnan Province.

As of 2015, it has a total area of ??1,667 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 19 townships, 124 villages, and 819 villager groups each year, with a total population of 189,000 (2014); it is a country dominated by Han people, with Yi, Buyi, Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian and other ethnic groups living together. A mountainous agricultural county.

5. Butuo County

It belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province and is located in the Daliang Mountains in the southeast of Liangshan Prefecture. The geographical coordinates are: 102°43′ East Longitude— 103°04′, 27°16′-27°56′ north latitude, 114 kilometers away from Xichang, the state capital, and borders Zhaojue, Puge, Ningnan, Jinyang and other counties, and faces Qiaojia County in Yunnan Province across the Jinsha River.

The county was established in March 1955. It is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral county in an alpine mountainous area inhabited by the Yi people. The county covers an area of ??1,685 square kilometers, with 316,500 acres of cultivated land, 840,000 acres of forestland, and 1.18 million acres of grassland. . As of 2004, Butuo County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 27 townships, and 189 administrative villages.

6. Zhaojue County

It belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province and is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, between 27°45′-28°21′ north latitude and 102°22′-103°19′ east longitude, adjacent to Meigu and Leibo counties in the east and Jinyang in the south. , Butuo and Puge County, bordering Xichang City and Xide County in the west, and Yuexi County in the north. The county is 95.28 kilometers long from east to west, 66.15 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of ??2699 square kilometers.

2010. In 2012, Zhaojue County governed 1 town and 46 townships. By the end of 2012, the total population of Zhaojue County was 268,400, mainly composed of Yi, Tibetan and other ethnic groups, of which the Yi accounted for 97.6% of the total population.

Zhaojue is a county with the largest Yi population in the country and has four major dialects: Shizha, Suodi, Adu and Yinuo.

7. Mianning County

Located in the southwest of Sichuan Province and the north of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, at 101°38′～102°25′ east longitude and 28°05′～29° north latitude 02′, it borders Yuexi and Xide to the east, Xichang and Yanyuan to the south, Jiulong and Muli to the west, and Shimian to the north. As of 2013, Mianning County governs 38 towns and villages, with a total area of ??4,420 square kilometers.

8. Ganluo County

Affiliated to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, it is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province and the north of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, spanning 102°27′38″～103° east longitude 01′45″, north latitude 28°38′24″～29°18′32″.

It is bounded by Ma'anshan to the east, Ebian County and Jinkouhe District of Leshan City; Meigu and Yuexi Counties to the south; Shimian County of Ya'an City to the west; Dadu River and Ya'an to the north Market outlook. The administrative area of ??the county is 2150.79 square kilometers. As of 2012, Ganluo County governs 7 towns and 21 townships.

9. Leibo County

Affiliated to the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, it is located in Xiaoliangshan, the eastern section of the Hengduan Mountains on the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, on the north bank of the Jinsha River, with an area of ??2,932 square kilometers. . Geographical coordinates: between 27°49′-28°36′ north latitude and 103°10′-52′ east longitude. Leibo County covers an area of ??2932 square kilometers.

According to the current administrative division, it faces Yongshan County of Yunnan Province across the river to the southeast, adjoins Yibin and Leshan areas to the north, Meigu County to the west, and Zhaojue County and Jinyang County to the southwest. As of 2014, Leibo County has 5 towns and 43 townships.

10. Muli Tibetan Autonomous County

Affiliated to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, it is located on the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, across the Yalong River in the east, Gongga Mountain in the west, and Jinsha River in the south. It borders Garze Prefecture to the north and covers an area of ??13,000 square kilometers.

The average altitude of the county is 3,100 meters, with a relative height difference of 4,488 meters. Muli County is an autonomous county dominated by Tibetans, including 21 ethnic groups including Yi, Han, Mongolian, and Naxi. It is one of the only two Tibetan autonomous counties in the country.

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