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Kunming

Kunming
昆明市
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from top: Kunming's Skyline, Kunming Railway Station, Dian Lake, and Yuantong Temple
Clockwise from top: Kunming's Skyline, Kunming Railway Station, Dian Lake, and Yuantong Temple
Nickname(s): City of Eternal Spring
Tuodong City, Yachi Fu, Yunnanfu
Location of Kunming City jurisdiction in Yunnan
Location of Kunming City jurisdiction in Yunnan
Kunming is located in China
Kunming
Kunming
Location in China
Coordinates: 25°04′N 102°41′E / 25.067°N 102.683°E / 25.067; 102.683Coordinates: 25°04′N 102°41′E / 25.067°N 102.683°E / 25.067; 102.683
Country China
Province Yunnan
County-level divisions 14
Township divisions 137
Settled c. 279 BC
City seat Chenggong
Admin units
Government
 • Party Secretary Cheng Lianyuan (程连元)
 • Mayor Li Wenrong (李文荣)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city 21,015 km2 (8,114 sq mi)
 • Urban 4,615 km2 (1,782 sq mi)
 • Metro 4,615 km2 (1,782 sq mi)
Elevation 1,892 m (6,207 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Prefecture-level city 6,626,000
 • Density 320/km2 (820/sq mi)
 • Urban 4,575,000
 • Urban density 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
 • Metro 3,891,400
 • Rank in China 16th
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 650000
Area code(s) 0871
License plate prefixes A
GDP (PPP) (2014) $88.631 billion
GDP (PPP) per capita (2014) $13,418
City flower Camellia japonica
City tree Magnolia denudata
Website http://www.km.gov.cn/
Kūnmíng
Kunming (Chinese characters).svg
"Kūnmíng" in Chinese characters
Chinese
Literal meaning (transcription of an ancient tribal name)

Kunming (Mand. pronunciation [kʰu̯ə́n.mǐŋ]; Chinese: 昆明; pinyin: Kūnmíng) is the capital of and largest city in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu (云南府, Yúnnánfǔ) until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. Kunming is also called the Spring city due to its weather. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. Located in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is located at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet) above sea level and at a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. Kunming has as of 2014 a population of 6,626,000 with an urban population of 4,575,000, and is located at the northern edge of the large Lake Dian, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes.

Kunming consists of an old, previously walled city, a modern commercial district, residential and university areas. The city has an astronomical observatory, and its institutions of higher learning include Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and a medical college. On the outskirts is a famed bronze temple, dating from the Ming dynasty.


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