Hutiaoxia Town (simplified Chinese: 虎跳峡镇; traditional Chinese: 虎跳峽鎮; pinyin: Hǔtiào Xiá Zhèn; lit. 'Tiger Leaping Gorge Town'), formerly Qiaotou (桥头 Qiáotóu; lit. "Bridgehead"), is a small town located on the Yangtze River in Shangri-La County (formerly Zhongdian County) adjacent to Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, China. Hutiaoxia is the south end of the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge hiking route, the other end of which is Daju in Lijiang. There are several buses to Shangri-La County which pass through Hutiaoxia.[1]

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  1. ^ "长江第一大峡谷——虎跳峡" [Tiger Leaping Gorge, the largest canyon on the Yangtze River]. lswh.lcu.edu.cn (in Chinese). Liaocheng University. April 15, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
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27°13′00″N 100°09′00″E / 27.21667°N 100.15000°E / 27.21667; 100.15000