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Wenquan Subdistrict, Anning, Yunnan

subdistrict in Yunnan, China

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ12072685 ↗
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Wenquan Subdistrict (Chinese: 温泉街道; pinyin: Wēnquán Jiēdào) is a subdistrict situated in northern Anning City, Yunnan province, southwestern China. It lies about 8 km north of Anning City, situated on the bank of the Tanglang River. Formerly a town, its status changed to a subdistrict of Anning in 2011. The town is named for its hot spring.

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This entry incorporates text from “Wenquan Subdistrict, Anning, Yunnan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.