Yanyuan County
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Yanyuan County is a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, with administrative division code 513423.

## Administrative status

Yanyuan County is part of [Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/sichuan-liangshan-yi.html) (autonomous prefecture)[^mca2023].

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 513423[^mca2023]
- Area: 8,406.58 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 340,898 (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 1 January 1964: named “盐源彝族自治县”, until 31 December 1977[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/sichuan-liangshan-yi.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/sichuan-liangshan-yi.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 513423 盐源县
- Wikidata Q1200266 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200266
- Yanyuan County (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanyuan_County
- 盐源县（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%90%E6%BA%90%E5%8E%BF