Brief introduction of Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County

Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County belongs to Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the longitudinal valley of Hengduan Mountain in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, bordering Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in the north, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County in the northeast, Jianchuan County and Yunlong County in the southeast, and Lushui County and Fugong County in the west. It covers an area of 4,388 square kilometers, governs 4 townships and 4 towns, and has a total population of 2 1 10,000. There are 65,438+04 ethnic groups living in the territory, including Bai, Pumi, Nu, Tibetan, Han, Lisu and Yi. It is the only Bai Pumi Autonomous County in China. Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County is located in the core area of "Three Parallel Rivers" World Natural Heritage in the southwest of China. Geography and traffic radiate in a star shape to the surrounding counties of the "Three Parallel Rivers" national scenic spot. It is the central node and main entrance of the tourist ring road in four places and ten counties in western Yunnan, and naturally becomes the central post station of the tourist passage in the three parallel rivers area. "The Gate of Three Rivers" is the brand of Lanping tourism culture. Lanping is rich in forest and biological resources. The proven reserves of the super-large lead-zinc mine located in Fenghuang Mountain, Jinding are14.29 million tons, ranking first in Asia and second in the world. Therefore, Lanping is also known as the "Green Zinc Capital" of China.