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- This article is about a town in Yunnan Province. For other uses, see Yuanyang (disambiguation).
Rice terraces just outside of Yuanyang. (November, 2004)
Yuanyang County (Chinese: 元阳县; pinyin: Yuányáng Xiàn; Hani: Yeiqyaq) is a Hani minority settlement atop a mountain in the Honghe prefecture of Yunnan province, China. It is a popular tourist destination due to the vast areas of nearby mountains that have been cultivated into rice paddies.
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The town of Nansha (New Yuanyang) lies 29km below Xinjie (Old Yuanyang), though it is positioned only slightly north, down in the Red River valley. From there, roads run west via Honghe and to the east. The closest large towns to the west are Shiping and Yuanjiang, and Gejiu is a major town to the north-east. Directly north but at a further distance lies Jianshui. To the south, the town of Panzhihua is positioned near the top of another major valley of rice-terraces. A few hours further to the south-east lies Luchun, another major Hani minority settlement turned modern city.
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