Xide County
Xide County (Chinese: 喜德县, Yi: ꑝꅇꑤ) is a county in the south of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the southwestern mountainous area of the Sichuan Basin, in the north-central area of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Xide County is bounded in the east by Zhaojue County, in the south by Xichang, in the west by Mianning County, and in the north by Yuexi County. As of 2020, it has an estimated population of 158,000 covering a total area of 2,206 square kilometers. The northern dialect of Yi language is commonly used, and the Yi language of Sichuan is based on the pronunciation of Xide County.
Xide County
喜德县 • ꑝꅇꑤ | |
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Location of Xide County (red) within Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
Xide Location of the seat in Sichuan Xide Xide (China) | |
| Coordinates: 28°18′25″N 102°24′47″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County seat | Guangming |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,206 km2 (852 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 158,139 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 喜德县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 喜德縣 | ||||||
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| Yi name | |||||||
| Yi | ꑝꅇꑤ Romanisation: xit ddop xiep IPA: /ɕɪ˥dʊ˨˩ ɕɛ˨˩/ | ||||||
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