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Jiuzhaigou Travel Guide
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This park is about the scenery, scenery that takes your breath away, scenery that begins with the flight over dramatic snow-capped mountains, forested canyons, rivers, and lakes to land at Jiuzhaigou Airport, itself perched on the mountaintop. Jiuzhaiguo means ‘Valley of the Nine Villages’, and the nine villages remain spread around the valley within the Park, home to about 110 Tibetan and Qiang families. Agriculture is not permitted so the locals mostly work either for the Park itself, or with the nearby hotels. The Park covers a little over 700 sq km and there’s a further buffer zone of just under 600 sq km. It lies on the northern border of Sichuan Province, and is part of the magnificent Min Shan mountains on the edge of the Tibetan plateau. Jiuzhai Valley first became a Park in 1978, although it would be 14 years before it earned World Heritage listing, during which time work was aimed mainly at restoration and halting logging activities. It was declared a UNE...Read More »
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Jiuzhaigou Quick Facts
- Chinese Name:九寨沟
- Chinese Pinyin: jiu zhan gou
- Location: Southwest of China
- Latitude:33 17; N
- Longitude : 103 54' E
- Elevation: 2000至3000M (142.7 FT)
- Time Zone : (UTC+8)
- Area Code: 0837
- Population: 6.2million
