Chengjiang County

Chengjiang (Chinese澂 江 县, Pinyin Chengjiang Xiàn ), sometimes also written with the characters澄江 县, is a county in the east of China's Yunnan province. He belongs to the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of Yuxi and is north of Fuxian Lake. In 1999, he counted 146 293 inhabitants.

Chengjiang fauna

Chengjiang is the site of a fossil fauna, the Chengjiang Faunengemeinschaft (澄江 动物 群, Chengjiang dòngwùqún ), which was discovered in the slate of Maotian Shan (帽 天山). The archaeological site was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2012.

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, the circle of six large municipalities is composed. These are:

• Greater community Fenglu凤 麓 镇
• Greater community Longjie龙 街镇
• Greater community Yousuo右 所 镇
• Greater community Yangzong阳 宗 镇
• Greater community Haikou海口 镇
• Greater community Jiucun九 村镇