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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 ...
Dali was a Buddhist Bai kingdom. Established by Duan Siping in 937, it was ruled by a succession of 22 kings until the year 1253, when it was destroyed by an invasion of the Mongol Empire. The capital city was at Dali. In 1274 the Province of Yunnan was created, and the region has since been incorporated within China.
Kunming [a] the capital, and largest city, of Yunnan province, China [4] is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province. Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II Kunming was a Chinese military center and the location of Headquarters American Army Forces, China, Burma, and India ...
Geiju ( pronunciation ⓘ) ( Chinese: 个旧, geh-JOO; [1] Hani: Goqjef; formerly known as Kochiu) is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, with 202,000 [note 1] urban inhabitants (ranked 14th largest city in Yunnan ). [2] It is the site of China's largest tin deposits and its main industry is ...
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 ...
Yunnan, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions. Administrative divisions [ edit ] All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at political divisions of China .
Yanjin County ( simplified Chinese: 盐津县; traditional Chinese: 鹽津縣; pinyin: Yánjīn Xiàn) is located in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Sichuan Province to the north and east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaotong . Situated on the banks of the narrow Heng River [1] [a] valley, a ...
Coordinates: 27°06′N 100°10′E. The Yun Range ( Chinese: 雲嶺; pinyin: Yún Lǐng; lit. 'Cloudy Peaks') are a mountain range running north–south in northwestern Yunnan province, China. They were formerly romanized as the Yun Ling and tautologically as the Yun-ling Mountains. The Yun Range runs between the Lancang River (Mekong) to the ...