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Yunnan is the most southwestern province in China, with the Tropic of Cancer running through its southern part. The province has an area of 394,100 km 2 (152,200 sq mi), 4.1% of the nation's total. The northern part of the province forms part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. The province borders Guangxi and Guizhou in the east, Sichuan in the ...
Dàlǐ shì. Dali City ( Chinese: 大理市, Bai: Dallit sil) is the county-level seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan. Dali City is administered through 12 township-level districts, two of which are also commonly referred to as Dali. Xiaguan ( 下关镇 ), formerly transliterated as Hsia-kuan, is the modern city ...
Lincang (labelled as MIEN-NING 緬甯) (1956) Lincang covers latitude 23° 05′－25° 02′ N and longitude 98° 40′－100° 33′ E, thus straddling the Tropic of Cancer in the southern part of its administrative area, or prefecture. It is situated on the middle to lower reaches of the Mekong, known as the Lancang in China, and the Salween ...
Zhaotong (labeled as CHAO-T'UNG (EN-AN) 昭通 (恩安)) (1954) Influenced by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Zhaotong has a temperate subtropical highland climate ( Köppen Cwb ), with cool, dry winters, and warm, humid summers. Temperatures frequently drop below freezing at night in winter, though the days warm up to around 10 °C ...
ISO 3166 code. CN-YN-03. Website. www .qj .gov .cn. Qujing ( Chinese: 曲靖; pinyin: Qǔjìng) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the east and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the southeast; thus, it was called "Key between Yunnan and Guizhou" ( 滇黔锁钥) and "Throat of ...
Mengzi ( Chinese: 蒙自; pinyin: Méngzì; Hani: Maoqziif Siif) is a city in the southeast of Yunnan Province, China. [2] Administratively, it is a county-level city and the prefectural capital of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located about 243 kilometres (151 mi) southeast from Kunming, and 400 kilometres northwest from Hanoi ...
Yuxi. / 24.347°N 102.527°E / 24.347; 102.527. Yuxi ( Chinese: 玉溪; pinyin: Yùxī) is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Kunming .
Dali Town ( Chinese: 大理镇; pinyin: Dàlǐ Zhèn) is a township-level division in Dali City, in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. The town contains the historic centre of the county-level city of Dali and is also commonly known as Dali Old Town ( Chinese: 大理古城; pinyin: Dàlǐ Gǔchéng ). The modern centre of Dali City ...