Kunming
capital of Yunnan province, China
Kunming is a Chinese city. It is in Yunnan province.
Kunming
昆明市 | |
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     From top, left to right: Downtown Kunming, Dian Lake, Beijing Road, Kunming Golden Horse Memorial Archway, Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center | |
| Nickname(s): City of Eternal Spring Tuodong City, Yachi Fu, Yunnanfu | |
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 Location of Kunming City jurisdiction in Yunnan | |
  Kunming Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Yunnan People's Government): 25°02′47″N 102°42′34″E / 25.0464°N 102.7094°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| County-level divisions | 14 |
| Township divisions | 137 |
| Settled | c. 279 BC[source?] |
| City seat | Chenggong |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Kunming Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Liu Hongting |
| • Congress Chairman | Yan Zhengxiao |
| • Mayor | Liu Jiachen |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Xiong Ruili |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 21,473 km2 (8,291 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,013 km2 (1,549 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,622 km2 (1,012 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,892 m (6,207 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 8,460,088 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,950,578 |
| • Urban density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,604,310 |
| • Metro density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| • Rank in China | 16th |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 650000 |
| Area code | 0871 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-YN-01 |
| License plate prefixes | 云A |
| GDP (PPP) (2014) | $88.631 billion[2] |
| GDP (PPP) per capita (2014) | $13,418[2] |
| City flower | Camellia japonica |
| City tree | Magnolia denudata |
| Home to | Karst wonders |
| Website | www |
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.svg){kind=small} "Kūnmíng" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 昆明 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | (transcription of an ancient tribal name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yunnan-Fu | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 雲南府 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 云南府 | ||||||||||
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As of 2020, 4,443,000 people live in the city.[3]
The Laos-China Railway finished its construction in 2021.[4]
Sources
change- ↑ "China: Yúnnán (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Global Metro Monitor 2014". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ↑ "Kunming, China Metro Area Population 1950-2022". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ "Laos-China railway opens. Who is going to benefit?". Christian Science Monitor. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
