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Shangrila

Shangrila (香格里拉, Xiānggélǐlā; སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ, Semkyi'nyida; formerly Zhongdian 中甸 Zhōngdiàn in Chinese, and Gyalthang རྒྱལ་ཐང། in Tibetan) is in Yunnan Province. The second town with this name is in Sichuan, and known as the gateway to Yading National Park.

112km

27.8333399.701667

Dali

Dali (大理; Dàlǐ) is a city in Yunnan Province in China famous for its old town and handicrafts.

116km

25.70027778100.15638889

Chuxiong

Chuxiong (楚雄市; Chǔxióng Shì) is a city in Central Yunnan Province and the capital of the the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. It's a delightful town which doesn't see many western tourists.

232km

25.045556101.528056

Yunnan

Yunnan (云南; Yúnnán) is a province in southern China, bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam as well as the Chinese provinces and regions of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Tibet.

271km

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Black Dragon Pool

Black Dragon Pool is a famous pond in the scenic Jade Spring Park located at the foot of Elephant Hill, a short walk north of the Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. It was built in 1737 during the Qing dynasty and offers views of the region's tallest mountain, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, over its white marble bridge.

1.7km

26.88760833100.233275

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Mountain massif or small mountain range in China

23km

27.09833333100.175

Tiger Leaping Gorge

37km

27.23593611100.13248056

Eryuan County

County in Yunnan, People's Republic of China

81km

26.116799.95

Potatso National Park

national park of the People's Republic of China

97km

27.82599.99527778

Lugu Lake

103km

27.7100.8
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Lijiang

Lijiang (丽江; Lìjiāng) is a small city in Yunnan Province, China. It was once the capital of a small kingdom and is a busy world heritage listed tourist town today.

Lijiang started from the Yuan Dynasty to the 13th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1276) and set up the administrative district Lijiang Road.. 100,000 years ago, the Lijiang people of the late Paleolithic sapiens were active here. The discovery of cave paintings in the Jinsha River Valley and numerous new stone tools, bronzes, and ironsmiths prove that Lijiang is one of the important areas of ancient human activities in southwest China..Lijiang City replaced the former administrative region of Lijiang Naxi Autonomous Prefecture. It was under the rule of the Mu family (木氏) native chieftains during the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

14°C0.3
Precipitation: 4 mm

Feb

15°C2.5
Precipitation: 5.7 mm

Mar

17.3°C5.4
Precipitation: 14.6 mm

Apr

20.2°C8.3
Precipitation: 18.2 mm

May

22.9°C11.3
Precipitation: 66 mm

Jun

24.1°C14.5
Precipitation: 165.1 mm

Jul

23.3°C14.8
Precipitation: 242.3 mm

Aug

22.9°C14
Precipitation: 215.7 mm

Sep

21.4°C12.4
Precipitation: 165.5 mm

Oct

20.2°C8.9
Precipitation: 66.3 mm

Nov

17.1°C3.7
Precipitation: 13.4 mm

Dec

14.6°C0.3
Precipitation: 3.4 mm
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