Binchuan County

Binchuan County (Bai: Bil•gel ) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the west of Yunnan Province, China.

Topography
Mount Jizu is located in Binchuan County. The county is mostly drained by the Dadan River which rises in the south west and is a tributary of the Jinsha River.

Administrative divisions
Binchuan County has 8 towns and 2 ethnic townships.
 * 8 towns
 * 2 ethnic townships
 * Zhongying Lisu and Yi Ethnic Township (钟英傈僳族彝族乡)
 * Lawu Yi Ethnic Township (拉乌彝族乡)

Ethnic groups
There are 251 Lahu in Binchuan County, most of whom reside in the following villages of Zhongying Lisu Ethnic Township (钟英傈僳族乡) (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer 2009:251).
 * Zhimadeng Village (芝麻登村): Mizideng (米子登)
 * Zhaokala Village (赵卡拉村): Yuexia (越下), Baiyangqing (白羊箐), Tanggudi (唐古地)

The Guola (过拉) people consists of 63 individuals in East Caijiawan (东蔡家湾) of Binchuan County (You 2013:134). Their autonym is Nipu (尼濮), and they are most closely related to the Yi of Dayao (大姚) and Yanfeng (盐丰). The Guola of Binchuan had originally migrated from Yanfeng County (盐丰县).