Binchuan County

The circle Binchuan (宾川 县) is a county of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in west-central China Yunnan province. It has an area of 2,627 km ² and counts 330,000 inhabitants. Its main town is the large village Qingyang (金牛 镇).

The Neolithic locality of the village Baiyangcun ( Baiyang cun Yizhi白羊 村 遗址) and the sites of the Confucian Temple and Wu Temple of Zhoucheng ( Zhoucheng Wenmiao he Wumiao州城 文庙 和 武 庙), the latter a Guan Yu and Yue Fei temple dedicated are on the list of monuments of the people's Republic of China since 2006.

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, Binchuan is composed of eight large municipalities and four municipalities. These are:

• Greater community of Qingyang金牛 镇
• Greater community Niujing牛 井镇
• Greater community Binju宾 居 镇
• Greater community Zhoucheng州 城镇
• Large village Taihe太和镇
• Greater community Jizushan鸡足山 镇
• Greater community Jiujiao力 角 镇
• Greater community Pingchuan平 川镇

• Community Qiaodian乔 甸 乡
• Community Daying大 营乡
• Community Zhongying the Lisu and Yi钟 英 傈 僳 族 彝族 乡
• Community Lawu the Yi拉乌 彝族 乡