View of Gejiu and its lake at night, looking south-west from the north-eastern corner. The parkland at the lake's southern edge can be seen to the left, and the CBD at its south-west can be seen to the middle and right. (November, 2004)

Gejiu (Chinese: 個舊; pinyin: Gèjiù) is a county-level city and the capital of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, and has 136,000 inhabitants (rank 5 of cities in Yunnan ). It is the site of the country's largest tin deposits and its main industry is mining. Gejiu and its lake, Yunnan, China. ... Gejiu and its lake, Yunnan, China. ... Hanyu pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... Hongha Hani and YI This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云南; Traditional Chinese: 雲南; Hanyu pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ... For other province-level divisions, see Political divisions of China. ... Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云南; Traditional Chinese: 雲南; Hanyu pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ... General Name, Symbol, Number tin, Sn, 50 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous gray Atomic mass 118. ...

Layout

The town is located in a crater-like depression around a lake on top of a mountain. The main road enters the town from the north through a thin pass. To the east and west are steep cliffs. Those to the west are too steep to inhabit, however extensive new construction along the eastern side has created many new districts.

Ethnography

The populace is primarily Han Chinese, however minorities such as the muslim Hui, Dai from the nearby Red River valley, and Hani from the surrounding mountains (see Yuanyang) are also present. // Han in China Han Chinese, the dominant majority ethnic group of mainland China The Chinese written language (漢文) The Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) of China The state of Han, a state during the Chinese Warring States Period Han, one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family. ... The Hui people (Chinese: 回族; Hanyu Pinyin: ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ... Dai or DAI can mean: Distributed artificial intelligence, a subfield of artificial intelligence Dai people, one of the 56 recognized ethnic minorities of China Diffuse axonal injury, a type of traumatic brain injury Do As Infinity, a Japanese band State of Dai was a Xianbei state during the Sixteen Kingdoms... The Hani people (own name: Haqniq, Chinese: 哈尼族 Hānízú) are an ethnic group. ... Rice terraces just outside of Yuanyang. ...

View from the western hills of Gejiu looking east. The city lies in the depression behind the buildings that is not visible. The eastern cliffs, which tower above the city, are visible in the background. (November, 2004)

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Location

Gejiu is located on top of a mountain to the north of the Red River (pinyin Hong He) valley, which flows from Tibet to Vietnam. To the south-west in this valley is Nansha, which lies directly below the town of Yuanyang. To the north-west lies Jianshui, and to the north Jijie. Mengzi lies 12 miles to the west. The term Red River has the following uses: Rivers Red River of the North, a river that flows northward between North Dakota and Minnesota into Lake Winnipeg, site of the Red River Settlement; also center of the Red River Valley, a historic region of the United States and Canada Red... Hanyu pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Rice terraces just outside of Yuanyang. ... Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China ... Mengzi is a city, or county, in the southeast of Yunnan, China, in the Honghe prefecture about 12 miles east of Gejiu. ...

History

The town surrounds a lake which, however, was not naturally formed. According to locals, during the 1950s water welled up through the mines and flooded a large portion of the town, and later the adjacent area was turned into a park. Today the town is protected from further flooding by an underground spillway. // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...