Is Xichang a prefecture-level city below Sichuan?

Xichang is not a prefecture-level city below Sichuan.

Xichang City, the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is located in the Anning Valley area in the southwest of Sichuan Province, covering an area of 2,655 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 7 streets, 1 1 town, 5 townships and 2 ethnic townships. Xichang is a national grain county, a national pig county, a hometown of onion in China, a hometown of flowers and trees in China, and a hometown of winter strawberries in China. It is a world-famous Sun City, Moon City and Space City, and it is a "city to live in spring". At the end of 20 17, the total resident population was 777,200, and the urbanization rate was 58.92%.

The altitude of Xichang is above1500m. The terrain is mainly Zhongshan, accounting for 78.9% of the city's total area, with high mountains and low mountains accounting for 1. 1% and 3.4% respectively. The flat dam area of the valley 16.4% is the second largest valley plain in Sichuan Province. The mountains are distributed on the east and west sides of the Anning River: Yak Mountain in the west is the main part of the mountain range in the city, accounting for half of the total area of the city, running through the whole territory from north to south, forming the watershed between the Anning River and the Yalong River. Many peaks in the north are more than 3500 meters above sea level and gradually decrease to the south.