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Shilin Yi Autonomous County

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Country
  
China

Postal code
  
652200

Province
  
Yunnan

Prefecture
  
Kunming

Established
  
1956

Area
  
1,725 km²

Area code
  
0871

Shilin Yi Autonomous County

Shilin Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 石林彝族自治县; pinyin: Shílín yízú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China.

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History

Shilin County was formerly called Lunan County.It has a beautiful stone architectures usually known as karst formation.

Administrative divisions

Lufu Town, Shilin Town, Lumeiyi Town, Xijiekou Town, Changhu Town, Guishan Town, Banqiao Town and Dake Village, Songyang Town of Songming County, Yanglin Town, Xiaojie Town, Niulanjiang Town, Dianyuan Town, Yangqiao Village, A-ziying Village

Natural sites

The Shilin (Stone Forest), a set of remarkable karst formations, is part of the South China Karst, inscribed in 2007 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Solarpower station

See also, Solar power in China

A large-scale solar power station in Shilin County had started construction on December 6, 2008. With a total installed capacity of 166 megawatts, the power station will be the largest experiment demonstration grid-connected solar photovoltaic power station in China.

References

Shilin Yi Autonomous County Wikipedia