Kunming
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Kunming (pronounced /ˌkʊnˈmɪŋ/ (deprecatit template); Cheenese: 昆明; pinyin: Kūnmíng; Wade–Giles: K'un-ming, pronounced [kʰúnmǐŋ]; 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]Kunming is twinned wi:
Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, syne 5 November 1981[1]
Zürich, Swisserland, syne 17 Februar 1982
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Denver, Unitit States, syne 14 Mey 1985[2]
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[3]
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[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Fujisawa City Home Page|PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP". City.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp. 4 Januar 2007. Archived frae the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 22 Julie 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 10 Januar 2010. Retrieved 8 Apryle 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Kunming". Newplymouthnz.com. Archived frae the original on 18 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 22 Julie 2012.
- ↑ "Sister Cities". Phnompenh.gov.kh. Archived frae the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 22 Julie 2012.
Coordinates: 25°02′36″N 102°42′22″E / 25.0433°N 102.7061°E
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