Kunming - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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 |
Admin units | |
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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![]() "Kūnmíng" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 昆明 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Literal meaning | (transcription of an ancient tribal name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||||
Yunnan-Fu | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 雲南府 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 云南府 | ||||||||||
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Kunming is a Chinese city. It is in Yunnan province.
As of 2020, 4,443,000 people live in the city.[3]
The Laos-China Railway finished its construction in 2021.[4]
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.