Lijiang

Lijiang is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China, on the Yungui Plateau adjacent to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site noted for a mixture of historical architecture styles and a complex ancient water-supply system, and Lijiang is described as the only prefecture-level city with three World Heritage Sites. The municipality borders Sichuan Province to the east and comprises one district plus four counties. It is ethnically diverse, home to Han Chinese and 22 minority groups, with the Naxi people especially prominent. It draws tourists to sites including Yulong Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge and Laojun Mountain. Its 2020 census population was 1,253,878, with 288,787 people in the urban area, across an area of about 20,557 square kilometers.