Kunming

Kunming (; , ; UN/LOCODE: CNKMG) is a prefectur-level ceety an caipital o Yunnan province, in soothwastren Cheenae. It is the poleetical, economic, communications an cultural centre o Yunnan, an is the seat o the provincial govrenment. It is an aa hame tae several universities, museums, galleries an ither important economic, cultural, an educational institutions. The heidquarters o mony o Yunnan's muckle businesses are in Kunming as well. It wis important durin Warld War II as a Cheenese militar center, American air base, an transport terminus for the Burma Road. Locatit in the middle o the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is locatit at an altitude o 1,900 m abuin sea level an at a latitude juist north o the Tropic o Cancer. It covers an aurie o 21,501 square kilometres (8,302 sq mi) an its urban aurie covers 6,200 square kilometres (2,390 sq mi). Kunming haes an estimatit population o 5,740,000 includin 3,055,000 in the urban aurie an is locatit at the northren edge o the muckle Lake Dian, surroondit bi temples an lake-an-limestane hill landscapes.

Internaitional relations
Twin touns

Kunming is twinned wi:

  Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, syne 5 November 1981
 Zürich, Swisserland, syne 17 Februar 1982
 Chefchaouen, Morocco
 Denver,  Unitit States, syne  14 Mey 1985
 Wagga Wagga, Australie, syne 20 August 1988
 Cochabamba, Bolivie, syne 25 September 1997
 Chiang Mai, Thailand, syne 7 Juin 1999
 Mandalay, Myanmar, syne 10 Mey 2001
 New Plymouth,   New Zealand, syne 11 August 2003
 Chittagong, Bangladesh, syne 18 August 2005
 Jyväskylä, Finland, syne 18 September 2008
 Yangon, Myanmar, syne 10 October 2008
 Phnom Penh, Cambodie, syne 26 Juin 2008

References


Category:765 establishments
Category:Provincial caipitals in Cheenae
Category:Populatit places established in the 8t century
Category:Tourism in Yunnan