Huanglong (Sungqu)

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Landscape of the Huanglong Valley
UNESCO world heritage UNESCO World Heritage Emblem

1 huanglong pools aerial 2011.jpg
Limestone terraces in autumn
National territory: China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Type: nature
Criteria : vii
Surface: 60,000 ha
Reference No .: 638
UNESCO region : Asia and Pacific
History of enrollment
Enrollment: 1992  (session 16)
Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
གསེར་ མཚོ །
Wylie transliteration :
gser mtsho
Pronunciation in IPA :
[ seːtsʰo ]
Official transcription of the PRCh :
Serco
THDL transcription :
Sertso
Chinese name
Traditional :
黃龍 鄉
Simplified :
黄龙 乡
Pinyin :
Huánglóng Xiāng

Huanglong is a municipality of the province Songpan County in the Autonomous County Ngawa the Tibetan and Qiang in the province of Sichuan , People's Republic of China . The 2000 census counted 810 residents in Huanglong. Here is an area of ​​historical and scenic interest, which is famous for its lime sinter basins. Huanglong was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992 .

Administrative structure

Huanglong is made up of three villages. These are:

  • Dawan Village (大 湾村), seat of the municipal government;
  • Jianxin Village (建 新村);
  • Village Sansheyi (三舍驿村);

Web links

Commons : 黃龍  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. UNESCO World Heritage Center: Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area. Retrieved August 13, 2017 .

Coordinates: 32 ° 44 '  N , 103 ° 50'  E