Kunming Prefecture
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Kunming 昆明市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
Clockwise from top: Kunming's Skyline, Kunming Railway Station, Dian Lake, and Yuantong Temple
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| Nickname(s): City of Eternal Spring Tuodong City, Yachi Fu, Yunnanfu |
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 Location of Kunming City jurisdiction in Yunnan |
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 Kunming
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| Coordinates: 25°04′N 102°41′E / 25.067°N 102.683°ECoordinates: 25°04′N 102°41′E / 25.067°N 102.683°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| County-level divisions | 14 |
| Township divisions | 137 |
| Settled | c. 279 BC |
| City seat | Chenggong |
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| 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 | 云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/ |
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"Kūnmíng" in Chinese characters
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kūnmíng |
| Bopomofo | ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Kuenming |
| Wade–Giles | Kʻun1-ming2 |
| IPA | [kʰwə́n.mǐŋ] |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Khuen1min1 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gwān-mìhng |
| Jyutping | Gwan1-ming4 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Khun-bêng |
Kunming (Mand. pronunciation [kʰwə́n.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[update] 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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