Kunming

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.

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