Huaping County

Huaping County
华坪县
Location of Huaping County (red) and Lijiang City (pink) within Yunnan province
Huaping
Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates: 26°39′33″N 101°16′44″E / 26.65917°N 101.27889°E / 26.65917; 101.27889
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
Prefecture-level cityLijiang
Area
  Total
2,266 km2 (875 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
159,695
  Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
674800
Area code0888
ClimateCwa

Huaping County (simplified Chinese: 华坪县; traditional Chinese: 華坪縣; pinyin: Huápíng Xiàn) is a county of Lijiang City, in the north of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the east. Located at the northwestern of Yunnan, it covers an area of 2,200-square-kilometre (850 sq mi) and had a population of 159,695 in 2020 statistics. Huaping County has four towns and four ethnic townships under its jurisdiction, its administrative centre is at the town of Zhongxin.