| Dongchuan District | |
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| — District — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Characters | 东川区 |
| • Pinyin | Dōngchuān Qū |
| Location of Dongchuan (pink) within Kunming (yellow), Yunnan (light grey) | |
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Dongchuan District
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Kunming |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,858 km2 (717.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 302,000 |
| • Density | 162.5/km2 (421/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 654100 |
| Area code(s) | 0871 |
| Website | http://www.kmdc.gov.cn/ |
Dongchuan District (simplified Chinese: 东川区; traditional Chinese: 東川區; pinyin: Dōngchuān Qū) is a district under the jurisdiction of Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998 Dongchuan city was merged into Kunming city and became one of its districts. Dongchuan borders with Sichuan province.
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Copper Capital, A-wang, Wulong, Hongtudi, Tangdan, Tuobuka, Yinmin'ge Town and Shekuai Village
The area of Dongchuan is, according to some websites, 1858 km², but some websites claim 1674 km². The highest point is 4344 meters high, and lowest is 695 meters. As of 2000 Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006, the population was 302,000.[1]
The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains, has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its Red Earth scenery in the 1990s.[2]
The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest coppers bases in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of copper, accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province.[1]
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