Dongchuan District

Dongchuan 东川区
District
Red earth at Hongtudi
Location of Dongchuan (pink) within Kunming (yellow), Yunnan (light grey)
Dongchuan Location within China
Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E
Country	China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture	Kunming
Area
• Total	1,858 km^2 (717 sq mi)
Population
• Total	302,000
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
Postal code	654100
Area code(s)	0871
Website	http://www.kmdc.gov.cn/

Dongchuan District (simplified Chinese: 东川区; traditional Chinese: 東川區; pinyin: Dōngchuān Qū) is a district under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China. Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998 Dongchuan city was merged into Kunming city and became one of its districts. Dongchuan borders with Sichuan province.

Administrative divisions

Copper Capital, A-wang, Wulong, Hongtudi, Tangdan, Tuobuka, Yinmin'ge Town and Shekuai Village

Geography

The area of Dongchuan is, according to some websites, 1858 km², but some websites claim 1674 km². The highest point is 4344 meters high, and lowest is 695 meters. As of 2000 Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006, the population was 302,000.^[1]

The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains, has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its Red Earth scenery in the 1990s.^[2]

Industrial Park

• Dongchuan Special Industrial Park

Copper

The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest coppers bases in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of copper, accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province.^[1]

Photo gallery

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  Red earth at Hongtudi

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  Red earth

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  Pyrite concretion in shale

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  Chrysocolla and Malachite from Dongchuan

References

1. Kunming Pengcheng Trade Co. Ltd
2. Dongchuan Red Soil at Chinatrekking

• Area Code and Postal Code in Yunnan Province

External links

• Dongchuan District Public Information Network - Official Website

Coordinates: 26°11′N 103°04′E / 26.183°N 103.067°E