Yongshan County

Yongshan County is a county in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Sichuan Province to the north and northwest across the Jinsha River. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaotong.

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Ethnic groups

There are two main Yi ethnic subgroups in Yongshan County, namely Laluo and Niesu.

Administrative divisions

Yongshan County has 8 towns, 5 townships and 2 ethnic townships.
;8 towns

Xiluodu
Huixi
Huanghua
Maolin
Daxing
Lianfeng
Wuji
Makou

;5 townships

Tuanjie
Xisha
Qingsheng
Shuizhu
Mohan

;2 ethnic townships

Manan Miao and Yi
Wuzhai Yi and Miao

Government

Government address: Xiluodu Town, Yongshan County, Zhaotong, Yunnan 657300

Poverty

Yongshan was a state-designated poor county, which means the average income of its people is below 530 yuan a year - that is, less than 30 US cents a day.