Kunming
Kunming (pronounced /ˌkʊnˈmɪŋ/; Cheenese: 昆明Template:; , Template:IPA-cmn; UN/LOCODE: CNKMG) is a prefectur-level ceety an caupital 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 lairge businesses are in Kunming as well. It wis important durin Warld War II as a Cheenese military 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 lairge Lake Dian, surroondit bi temples an lake-an-limestane hill landscapes.
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin towns
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae
Kunming is twinned wi:
- 1981.11.05: Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
- 1982.02.17: Zurich, Swisserland
- 1985.05.14: Chefchaouen, Morocco
- 1986.05.15: Denver, Colorado, Unitit States
- 1988.08.20: Wagga Wagga, New Sooth Wales, Australie (see an aa Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens)
- 1997.09.25: Cochabamba, Bolivie
- 1999.06.07: Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 2001.05.10: Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)
- 2003.08.11: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
- 2005.08.18: Chittagong, Bangladesh
- 2008.09.18: Jyväskylä, Finland
- 2008.10.10: Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)
- 2008.05.26: Phnom Penh, Cambodie
