Geography , climate and Administrative Subdivisions of Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in western China with its capital at Chengdu. It is bordered by Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces, Chongqing municipality, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. It has an area of 188,000 sq mi (487,000 sq km).
Geography and climate
The area lies in the Sichuan basin and is surrounded by the Himalaya to the west, Qinling range to the north, and mountainous areas of Yunnan to the south. The Yangtze River flows through the basin and thus is upstream to areas of eastern China. The Minjiang River, in central Sichuan is a tributary of the upper Yangtze River, which it joins at Yibin.
The climate is often heavily foggy. Several cities are quite polluted and seldom get sunny days.
Administrative Subdivisions
The current immediate administrative divisions of Sichuan consist of eighteen prefecture-level cities and three autonomous prefectures:
• Chengdu
• Mianyang
• Deyang
• Yibin
• Panzhihua
• Leshan
• Nanchong
• Zigong
• Luzhou
• Neijiang
• Guangyuan
• Suining
• Ziyang
• Guang’an
• Ya’an
• Meishan
• Dazhou
• Bazhong
• Aba Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
• Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
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