Dali bai autonomous prefecture is located in the west of central yunnan province, with an altitude of 2090 meters. It is adjacent to chuxiong prefecture in the east, puer city and lincang city in the south, baoshan city and nujiang state in the west, and lijiang city in the north.

The ground spans 98°52 '~ 101°03' in the east longitude, 24°41 '~ 26°42' in the north latitude, east tour erhai sea, west and point cangshan vein, administration Dali city and xiangyun, yidu, binchuan, yongping, yunlong, eryuan, heqing, jianchuan eight counties and yangbi, weishan, nanjian three minority autonomous counties, is one of the early areas of southwest frontier development.