Sichuan is located in west-central China, Yangtze River, Sichuan, or Shu short, the provincial capital of Chengdu. West Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, east of the Three Gorges, north of Qinling Mountains, south Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi provinces and regions adjacent to join China is southwest, northwest and central three Large areas of natural ties. 7 areas of Sichuan province jurisdiction, 3 autonomous prefectures, 13 prefecture-level cities, 18 county-level cities, 150 counties, 8 autonomous counties, an area of nearly 57 million square kilometers, accounting for 6% of land area, is second only to Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai province. Population of 87246000. In addition to the Han, there are 52 ethnic minorities, of which the Yi, Tibetan, Tujia, Miao, Qiang, Hui, Mongolian, Manchu, Lisu higher number. Sichuan is China's mountainous provinces. Mountains, plateaus and hills about the province's land area, 97.46%, in addition to the bottom of the plains and hilly Sichuan Basin, most areas are in the range gorge 500 meters above the height difference.
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