Red River state gains the name because of this of Red River streaming past in an endless flow perennially, it is the rich collection area of the natural and cultural and educational tourist resources in Yunnan Province, the lowest largest Confucian temple above sea level of Yunnan Province, the longest Gu Qiao, the earliest one leaves the country the trains are all distributed within the territory of Red River state.
Red River state has jurisdiction over two cities, 11 counties, Gejiu is the provincial capital of automonous prefecture, it is a multi-national area relying mainly on Hani, Yi. Besides Hani, Yi, are also inhabiting ethnic minorities such as Miao, Dai, strong, precious jade, Hui, Bouyei,etc., the population of ethnic minority accounts for 52.
7% of total population.
Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe lies in the south of Yunnan, adjoins with Vietnam. It is high in the northwest of the terrain of Quanzhou, the southeast is low. The topography makes Yuanjiang River as the boundry, belong to the plateau District of the eastern regions of the Yunan Province to the east of Yuanjiang River, Yuanjiang River regards the west as the sad firm mountain area that transects the mountain vertical valley.
Quanzhou highest point is grand mountain of the west in the southwest of flat county of gold, 3074 meters above the sea level; It is in river mouth county Nanxi river mouth, 76.4 meters above the sea level that it is the most low. Domestic river belong to Red River, the intersection of south and a river respectively Pearl River) Two major river systems.
Red River rises in Yunnan Province middle part, poured to the southeast by the Northwest. There are two pieces of main master stream of the east, the west in the upper reaches, the east master stream rises in Chuxiong state green Feng County border, called East River; The west master stream rises in the border of the county of towering mountain in Dali state, call the large west river.
Two rivers cross on a pair of cypress, new circle of flat county of Yuxi of Chuxiong, the water yield is sharply increased, claim to be bad-tempered to shed the river, desert sand river. Flow into the border of the county of Yuanjiang River of Yuxi, also call Yuan Jiang. State of being middling enter Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe, flow through Red River, stone screen, Yuanyang, build water, pieces of old, the intersection of gold and the intersection of flat, Mengzi, river mouth,etc.
and counties and cities border, flow into Vietnam after the old street is converged with the river of Nanxi in the county town of river mouth, run into Beibu Bay of the South China Sea by Hanoi, have formed richly endowed Red River delta in the low reaches.