Subdivisions

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! width="150" | Name

! width="80" | Hanzi

! width="100" | Hanyu Pinyin

! Population<br/>(2010)

! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

! Density<br/>(/km<sup>2</sup>)

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|Linxiang District

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|323,708

|2,652

|122

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|Fengqing County

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|458,330

|3,451

|133

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|Yun County

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|449,460

|3,760

|120

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|Yongde County

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|369,702

|3,296

|112

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|Zhenkang County

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|176,356

|2,642

|67

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|Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County

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|176,549

|2,292

|77

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|Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County

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|296,302

|3,837

|77

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|Cangyuan Va Autonomous County

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|179,098

|2,539

|71

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Demography

Among the resident population, the Han population is 1,523,670, accounting for 62.72% of the total population; the ethnic minorities population is 905,835, accounting for 37.28% of the total population.By the end of 2024, the city's resident population will be 2.195 million.

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|+ Ethnic Composition of Lincang City (November 2010)

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!National name

! width="55" | Han !! width="55" | Yi !! width="55" | Wa !! width="55" | Dai !! width="55" | Lahu !! width="55"| Bulang !! width="55" |Bai !! width="55" | Hui !! width="55" | Lisu !! width="55"| Miao !! width="55" | Others

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! Population

| 1523662|| 355768 || 235165 || 114312 || 85818 || 40434 || 30904 || 10081 || 9237 || 8856 || 15260

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! Proportion of total population (%)

| 62.72 || 14.64 || 9.68 || 4.71 || 3.53 || 1.66 || 1.27 || 0.41 || 0.38 || 0.36 || 0.63

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! Proportion of minority population (%)

| --- || 39.28 || 25.96 || 12.62 || 9.47 || 4.46 || 3.41 || 1.11 || 1.02 || 0.98 || 1.68

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Natural resources

Mineral resources mined and extracted in the Lincang area include coal (including waste coal ash), germanium and uranium. Lincang is also home to the world's oldest cultivated tea tree, especially pu'er tea, some 3,200 years old, in the village of Jinxiu (), Xiaowan town, of Fengqing County.

Transport

  • Lincang Boshang Airport
  • Dali–Lincang railway

References

  • Lincang City Official Website