China city tour in Sichuan province, driving around the rainy city and hometown of pandas - Ya'an, It is also the place where the world's first giant panda was discovered.
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- YA'AN
Ya'an City is located at the intersection of Sichuan-Tibet and Sichuan-Yunnan highways, 120 kilometers away from Chengdu. It is the transition zone between the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the transition zone between Han culture and ethnic culture, the gateway and the only way of the ancient Southern Silk Road, and was once the capital of Xikang Province. It is also an excellent tourist city in China, a national health city, and a historical and cultural city in Sichuan Province. It is known as the "Rainy City", "Throat of Western Sichuan", "Gateway to Tibet", "Ethnic Corridor", "Lungs of Tianfu", and "Hometown of Pandas". Mengding Mountain in the territory is the birthplace of world tea culture, the birthplace of world tea civilization, and the holy mountain of world tea culture.
Alias: The Rainy City
Administrative division code: 511800
Administrative division category: prefecture-level city
Region: Sichuan Province, China
Geographic location: Southwest China, western edge of Sichuan Basin, eastern foot of Qionglai Mountain
Size: 15046 km²
Subordinate areas: 2 districts, 6 counties
Telephone area code: 0835
Postal code: 625000
Climate conditions: subtropical monsoon humid climate
Population: 1.429 million (permanent population at the end of 2023)
Famous attractions: Mengding Mountain, Bifengxia, Shangli Ancient Town, Jiajin Mountain, Erlang Mountain, etc.
License plate code: 川T
Regional GDP: 101.003 billion yuan (2023)
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