Kunming

Sichts o Kunming

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

Twin touns

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

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