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China Guide > Sichuan>Ya′an Municipality; [四川省雅安市] [Pinyin:Sì Chuān Shěng Yā ān Shì]

Ya′an Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Sichuan Province , In Chinese [雅安市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 511800;
Post Code : 625000;
Phone Area Code :0835
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 川T
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 511800
Area Coverage: 15398 square kilometers;
Population : 1,540,000 persons (Including the subordinate cities and counties);
The Seat : Yucheng District
Ya′an in Pictures
The adminitrative division form of Ya′an is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have jurisdiction over some small cities in China.
Urban Subdivisions of Ya′an City
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Yucheng District雨城区Yucheng QuDistrict
2Mingshan District名山区Mingshan QuDistrict
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Ya′an Municipality
The components of greater Ya′an Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Baoxing County宝兴县Baoxing XianCounty
2Lushan County芦山县Lushan XianCounty
3Tianquan County天全县Tianquan XianCounty
4Shimian County石棉县Shimian XianCounty
5Hanyuan County汉源县Hanyuan XianCounty
6Yingjing County荥经县Yingjing XianCounty
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Overview


Located on the western edge of Sichuan Basin, the transitional zone between Chengdu Plain and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Yaan City was called Yazhou Prefecture in ancient China. Covering an area of 15.3 thousand square meters with a population of 1.47milloin, Yaan City governs the city proper and seven counties: Tianquan County, Lushan County, Baoxing County, Yingjing County, Hanyuan County and Shimian County. As a cultural city with a long history, Yaan was a territory of “the Prefecture of Yazhou” and then part of “Kingdom of Black-Dress.....
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