Shilin Yi Autonomous County
autonomous county
Shilin Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 石林彝族自治县; pinyin: Shílín Yízú Zìzhìxiàn: Sani: ) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China. It borders Yiliang County, Kunming to the west, Luliang County to the northeast, Luxi County, Yunnan to the southeast, and Mile City to the south.
Etymology
Lunan Yi Autonomous County (路南彝族自治县) is the former name of Shilin, and usually be called for short as Lunan County (路南县). The name of "Lunan" was first appeared in 1275, Yuan dynasty, when the administrative division of Lunan Zhou (路南州) established. The name Lunan means "South of Middle Lu (中路)". But in 1998, another said of the word's origin meaning was proposed when Lunan County apply for change the name to Shilin. The research shows "Lunan" means "South People (the most inferior people in Yuan dynasty citizen system) in Chengjiang Lu", it is a discriminatory name. Finally Lunan County was changed the name to Shilin, which means "stone forest", also is a famous tourist site in the county.
History
Archaeological research show that as early as 800,000 years ago, humans began to settle in this region. Shilin area was dominated by Liangzhou (梁州) in Shang dynasty, and was governed by Chu Kingdom and Dian Kingdom in Warring States period.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Shilin Yi Autonomous County” as autonomous county. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as autonomous county. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1354733. VIAF identifies the subject as 145635722. The Library of Congress control number is n2006094616. Authority coordinates are 24.758, 103.274. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1275 and 1998.
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