Prefecture-level city · Yunnan

Kunming 昆明市

Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also a major tourism centre in China. It is nicknamed the "City of Eternal Spring" for its year-round mild climate. During World War II, Kunming was a Chinese military center and the location of the headquarters for the U.S. Army Forces China-Burma-British Raj. Wujiaba Airport served as the home of the First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers. Kunming was also a transport terminus for the Burma Road.

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The Taoyuan Square boat landing on the Panlong River in Kunming (昆明盘龙江桃源广场), photographed in August 2023.
The Taoyuan Square boat landing on the Panlong River in Kunming (昆明盘龙江桃源广场), photographed in August 2023. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2023-08-16 17:09:40. · 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Administrative area
Prefecture-level city · 地级市
Part of
Yunnan
Chinese name
昆明市
Local areas
14 local areas

Area & population

Area in the source
21,473.00 km²
Population · 2020 census
8,460,088
Administrative seat
Chenggong

Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.

Kunming is at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet) above sea level and a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer, and is situated in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. Kunming is the fourth most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing, Chengdu, and Xi'an, and the third most populous city in Southwestern China after Chongqing and Chengdu. It is at the northern edge of Dian Lake, surrounded by temples and lakes and karst topography.

Landmarks

The World Horti-Expo Garden is located in the northern suburbs of Kunming and was built for the 1999 World Horticulture Exposition, which ran from 1 May to 31 October 1999. It had the theme of "Man and Nature—Marching Toward the 21st Century". Golden Temple Park, located on Mingfeng Hill nearby, is connected by cable car to the World Horti-Expo Garden. Constructed in 1602 (the 30th year of the Wanli reign period of the Ming dynasty), all of its beams, pillars, arches, doors, windows, tiles, Buddhist statues, and horizontal inscribed boards are made of copper, weighing more than 200 tons. It is the largest copper building in China.

Yuantong Temple is Kunming's major Buddhist temple. It is Kunming's largest and most famous temple with the original structure being first constructed more than 1,200 years ago during the Tang dynasty. The temple sits in a depression on the southern side of Yuantong Park. Northwest about 12 km from the city center is the Qiongzhu Si (Bamboo Temple) built in 639 and rebuilt in 1422 to 1428. Numerous Buddhist temples line the road to the Dragon Gate (龙门) in the Western Mountains.

Tourism

Kunming attracts domestic and foreign tourists year-round. At the center of Yunnan and as its capital, Kunming is also a transport hub for tourists heading to other parts of Yunnan such as Dali, Lijiang and Shangrila.

Conference and exhibition venues in Kunming include the Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center and the Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Hall.

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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.

Places to explore around Kunming

Yunnan Stone Forest Geological Park · 石林Yunnan Stone Forest Geological Park · 石林

Stone Forest石林

The Stone Forest turns limestone into a close-packed landscape of pillars, fins and narrow passages. In the Major Stone Forest, the rocks rise around you like walls; the Minor Stone Forest gives more space to see individual…

Read the place guide →Dianchi Lake looking toward the Western Hills near the Zhengda and Jinjia river mouths in Kunming, July 2011.Dianchi Lake looking toward the Western Hills near the Zhengda and Jinjia river mouths in Kunming, July 2011.

Dianchi Lake滇池

Dianchi gives Kunming a broad lake horizon, with the Western Hills rising across the water. The northern shore is the easiest place to make a focused visit: Haigeng Park brings you to the lake edge, while Guanjing Road offers an…

Read the place guide →A tree-lined lakeside walkway in Green Lake Park, Kunming; 11 August 2011.A tree-lined lakeside walkway in Green Lake Park, Kunming; 11 August 2011.

Green Lake翠湖

Green Lake is a city park of water, causeways and pavilions in central Kunming. The north–south Ruan Causeway and east–west Tang Causeway help divide the water into smaller scenes, bringing changing views of willow-lined banks…

Read the place guide →Yuantong Temple, Kunming, Yunnan.Yuantong Temple, Kunming, Yunnan.

Yuantong Temple圆通寺

Yuantong Temple in central Kunming is arranged around a pond and Yuantong Hall. A stone bridge carrying an octagonal pavilion connects the entrance side with the hall, making water an unusually strong organising feature in the…

Read the place guide →Western Hills (西山)Western Hills · 西山

Western Hills西山

Kunming’s Western Hills rise above Dianchi with forested slopes, temple gardens and a cliff-side religious landscape. Huating and Taihua temples offer courtyards and planting on the ascent, while Dragon Gate and Sanqing Pavilion…

Read the place guide →The entrance of Yunnan Nationalities Museum in Kunming; August 2011.The entrance of Yunnan Nationalities Museum in Kunming; August 2011.

Yunnan Nationalities Museum云南民族博物馆

Yunnan Nationalities Museum presents the region’s communities through dress, personal ornaments, craft, art and written material. The objects offer a useful foundation before visiting villages elsewhere in Yunnan, especially…

Read the place guide →Aerial view of a circular patchwork of red, green and orange terraced fieldsTerraced fields in the colours of the Dongchuan Red Land, Kunming · 昆明东川红土地梯田风光 Source-recorded photograph date: 2024-10-03 12:42:58.

Dongchuan Red Land东川红土地

Dongchuan’s red-land scenery is a cultivated landscape around Huashitou, with fields creating patches of exposed soil and vegetation across rolling slopes. Iron in the soil contributes to the red colour, while planting, harvest…

Read the place guide →The Taoyuan Square boat landing on the Panlong River in Kunming (昆明盘龙江桃源广场), photographed in August 2023.The Taoyuan Square boat landing on the Panlong River in Kunming (昆明盘龙江桃源广场), photographed in August 2023. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2023-08-16 17:09:40.

Kunming昆明

Kunming is easiest to approach through two contrasting settings: its central lake-and-temple neighbourhoods and the broad Dianchi shore. Green Lake offers causeways, pavilions and daily park life, while Yuantong Temple gives a…

Read the place guide →Main gate of the World Horti-Expo Garden with its entrance sign and mascot statueEntrance gate of the Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden · 昆明世界园艺博览园入口大门 Source-recorded photograph date: 2011-07-29 16:10:01.

Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden昆明世界园艺博览园

Kunming's World Horticultural Expo Garden is the garden and exhibition landscape associated with the city's 1999 horticultural exposition.

Read the place guide →Yunnan Military Academy History Museum (云南陆军讲武堂历史博物馆)Yunnan Military Academy History Museum · 云南陆军讲武堂历史博物馆

Yunnan Military Academy History Museum云南陆军讲武堂历史博物馆

The Yunnan Military Academy Historical Museum (云南陆军讲武堂历史博物馆) occupies the former Yunnan Military Academy site at 22 Cuihu West Road, in Wuhua District, Kunming. The academy operated from 1909 to 1935, is grouped with the Baoding and Whampoa academies as one of the three famous military schools of modern Chinese history, and is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Read the place guide →Kunming Botanical Garden (昆明植物园)Kunming Botanical Garden · 昆明植物园

Kunming Botanical Garden昆明植物园

Kunming Botanical Garden (昆明植物园) is the Kunming campus of a garden run by the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, standing in the Heilongtan scenic area in the northern outskirts of Kunming; the Panlong District government's table of A-grade scenic areas gives its address as 132 Lanhei Road, Panlong District. Founded in 1938, it covers 1,018 mu at an elevation of about 1,990 metres, with a sister campus in Lijiang.

Read the place guide →Aerial view of Kunming Old Street, Wuhua District, KunmingAerial view of the Kunming Old Street pedestrian district and surrounding cityscape, Wuhua District, Kunming · 云南省昆明市五华区昆明老街步行街及周边城区航拍 Source-recorded photograph date: 2025-05-16 14:55:18.

Kunming Old Street昆明老街

Kunming Old Street (昆明老街) is a historic quarter of Wuhua District, Kunming, bounded by Zhengyi Road on the east, Wuyi Road on the west, Jingxing Street on the south and Renmin Middle Road on the north, which Chuncheng Evening News calls the only quarter left in the city keeping its historic character intact across a continuous area. The area has formed part of Kunming's urban footprint since the Tang-dynasty Nanzhao kingdom and had become the city's political, economic and cultural centre by the Ming and Qing periods, still holding many late-Qing and Republican-period buildings.

Read the place guide →Seagulls on the water at Cuihu Park, Kunming, with a visitor watching from the lakeside pathBlack-headed gulls gather at the edge of Cuihu (Green Lake) Park in Wuhua District, Kunming · 昆明五华区翠湖公园，游人观赏红嘴鸥 Source-recorded photograph date: 2013-02-05 08:51.

Green Lake Park翠湖公园

Cuihu Park (翠湖公园) is a lake-centred garden of older buildings in central Kunming, at the western foot of Wuhua Hill in Wuhua District, with about 15 hectares of open water inside it.

Read the place guide →Yunnan University Donglu Campus Historic Buildings (云南大学东陆校区历史建筑)Yunnan University Donglu Campus Historic Buildings (云南大学东陆校区历史建筑), Wuhua District. Photograph: "Building - Yunnan University - DSC02352".

Yunnan University Donglu Campus Historic Buildings云南大学东陆校区历史建筑

The historic buildings of Yunnan University's Donglu campus stand on Cuihu North Road in Wuhua District, Kunming, and include Huizeyuan, the 1924 main teaching block of the former Donglu University, and the surviving parts of the Yunnan Gongyuan, the provincial examination compound the campus replaced.

Read the place guide →Dounan Flower Market (斗南花卉市场)Dounan Flower Market · 斗南花卉市场

Dounan Flower Market斗南花卉市场

Dounan flower market is the cut-flower trading complex at Dounan village in Chenggong District, Kunming, on the east shore of Lake Dian, where an auction house and a flower industrial park face each other across Huadu Road.

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Laoyuhe Wetland Park捞渔河湿地公园

Laoyuhe Wetland Park is a restored lakeside wetland at Kunming, set on the east line of the Dianchi greenway where the Laoyu River enters Lake Dian.

Read the place guide →Anning Hot Springs (安宁温泉)Anning Hot Springs · 安宁温泉

Anning Hot Springs安宁温泉

Anning hot springs rise in Wenquan subdistrict, in the north of the county-level city of Anning under Kunming, seven kilometres from the town centre, in a valley the Tanglang River runs through on its way out of Lake Dian.

Read the place guide →AI illustration of a general forested mountain valley scene; not a photograph or an exact view of this place.AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）

Qinglong Gorge青龙峡

Qinglongxia is a gorge scenic area in Qinglong subdistrict of Anning, a county-level city under Kunming, in mountain valley country about 27 kilometres from the Anning town centre.

Read the place guide →Exterior of the Yunnan Provincial Museum building with entrance plazaThe main building of the Yunnan Provincial Museum in Guandu District, Kunming · 昆明市官渡区云南省博物馆主楼 Source-recorded photograph date: 2025-09-17 14:28:34.

Yunnan Provincial Museum云南省博物馆

Yunnan's provincial museum, in a 2015 building in Guandu, Kunming, with 230,746 objects and galleries from prehistory and Dian bronzes to modern Yunnan.

Read the place guide →Ornate multi-tiered gate arch over a pedestrian street at Guandu Old TownThe memorial archway at the entrance to Guandu Old Town, Kunming · 官渡古镇牌坊，官渡区 Source-recorded photograph date: 2025-09-18 17:16:07.

Guandu Ancient Town官渡古镇

Old ferry and market town on Kunming's southeast edge, built on a Neolithic shell mound, centred on a 1457 stone Vajra Pagoda.

Read the place guide →Arched stone bridge over a forested limestone canyonA stone bridge spanning a limestone gorge at the entrance to the Jiuxiang Scenic Region, Yiliang · 宜良九乡风景区峡谷入口处的石桥 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 13 May 2013.

Jiuxiang Scenic Area九乡

Jiuxiang is a karst scenic area in Yiliang County, in the centre of Yunnan under Kunming, about 38 kilometres from the county town, where gorges at the surface run above a system of karst caves.

Read the place guide →Zheng He Park (郑和公园)Zheng He Park · 郑和公园

Zheng He Park郑和公园

Zheng He Gongyuan is a hillside memorial park on Yueshan (Moon Hill) in Kunyang subdistrict, Jinning District, Kunming, built around sites connected to the navigator Zheng He, including the tombstone of his father Maha Zhi.

Read the place guide →Golden Temple (金殿)Golden Temple (金殿), Panlong District. Photograph: "昆明太和宫金殿".

Golden Temple金殿

Golden Temple is a composite scenic area on Mingfeng Mountain in Panlong District, Kunming, built around Taihe Palace Golden Hall, a bronze building begun in 1602 under the Ming Wanli emperor.

Read the place guide →Ornate red-and-gold temple gate beside a pond with visitors, Black Dragon Pool ParkThe Black Dragon Palace hall beside the pond in Black Dragon Pool Park, Kunming · 昆明黑龙潭公园黑龙宫，盘龙区 Source-recorded photograph date: 2017-05-01 11:49:44.

Black Dragon Pool Park黑龙潭公园

Heilongtan Park is a city park below Wulao Peak on Longquan Mountain, in the northern suburbs of Kunming in Panlong District, on a site where a shrine was first built in the Western Han and now holding old trees, a plum garden and an azalea valley.

Read the place guide →Path through a pink flower field with stone forest pillars in the backgroundA flower-lined path through Naigu Stone Forest's flower fields in Shilin County, with karst rock pillars visible in the distance · 石林县乃古石林花海步道，远处可见石林地貌 Source-recorded photograph date: Unknown date.

Naigu Stone Forest乃古石林

Naigu Stone Forest, also called Heisongyan (Black Pine Rock), is an outlying stone-forest scenic area 8 kilometres north of the main Shilin scenic area in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, formed from dolomitic limestone dated to 270 million years ago.

Read the place guide →Changhu Lake (长湖)Changhu Lake (长湖), Shilin Yi Autonomous County. Photograph: "Long Lake in Shilin".

Changhu Lake长湖

Changhu Lake (Long Lake) is an elongated karst lake at 1,700 metres altitude in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, one of the eight scenic areas of the Shilin Scenic Area, set among forested mountains and long settled by the Sani, a branch of the Yi people.

Read the place guide →An aerial view of a long snow-covered mountain crest running across the middle of the frame, dark rock and ridge shadows on its flanks, brown foothills and valleys with scattered settlements and wind turbines below, and an unbroken deep blue sky above.An aerial view of a long snow-covered mountain crest running across the middle of the frame, dark rock and ridge shadows on its flanks, brown foothills and valleys with scattered settlements and wind turbines below, and an unbroken deep blue sky above.

Jiaozi Snow Mountain轿子雪山

A 4,344-metre peak on the Luquan-Dongchuan border in northern Kunming, protected as a national nature reserve, with spring rhododendrons and winter snow.

Read the place guide →View across Dianchi Lake toward a cliff-lined shorelineDianchi Lake and the lakeside escarpment seen from Haigeng, Xishan District, Kunming · 昆明市西山区滇池海埂湖景，远处可见湖畔山崖 Source-recorded photograph date: 2013-01-30 17:27.

Dianchi Lake Haigeng Park滇池海埂

Haigeng is the dyke and lakefront park on the east shore of Lake Dian in Xishan District, Kunming, where a long embankment reaches into the lake, dividing it into two bodies of water, looking across to the Xishan scenic area.

Read the place guide →Stone archway carved into a cliff labelled Dragon Gate, with visitorsVisitors at the rock-carved Dragon Gate (Longmen) archway, Xishan, Kunming · 昆明西山龙门石刻牌坊，游人穿行其间 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 18 November 2006.

Western Hills Dragon Gate西山龙门

Daoist grottoes and a stone gateway carved into Kunming's Western Hills cliff 414 m above Dianchi Lake, mostly between 1781 and 1853.

Read the place guide →Ornate painted gate archway inscribed with the village's name, with stone lions at its baseThe main entrance archway of the Yunnan Nationalities Village, Xishan District, Kunming · 昆明市西山区云南民族村大门牌坊 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 14 May 2014.

Yunnan Ethnic Village云南民族村

Theme park by Dianchi Lake below Kunming's Western Hills, opened in 1992, with village compounds and festivals of Yunnan's ethnic groups.

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Local life & food

Kunming local specialties

昆明市特色美食 · 19 specialties to discover

Grilled erkuai rice cake · 烧饵块 · AI dish illustrationGrilled erkuai rice cake 烧饵块AI illustration · AI 示意图

The erkuai is soft and elastic with toasted patches, while sauce supplies sweet, salty or spicy flavor. Fillings add crunch or richness.

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Kunming small-pot rice noodles · 昆明小锅米线 · AI dish illustrationKunming small-pot rice noodles 昆明小锅米线AI illustration · AI 示意图

The broth is savory and lively, with smooth noodles and small tender meat pieces throughout. Cooking each bowl separately helps the ingredients mingle directly in its soup.

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Yiliang roast duck · 宜良烤鸭 · AI dish illustrationYiliang roast duck 宜良烤鸭AI illustration · AI 示意图

The contrast is between crisp, aromatic skin and tender duck meat, with seasoning concentrated at the surface.

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Photograph of Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles (过桥米线).Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles 过桥米线

Smooth noodles and tender additions meet a savory broth whose surface can retain considerable heat. The visible oil means temperature is easy to underestimate.

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Reference photo for Soft Tofu Rice Noodles · 豆花米线同类菜品参考照片Soft Tofu Rice Noodles 豆花米线Reference photo of a similar dish · 同类菜品参考照片

Soft Tofu Rice Noodles (豆花米线) are a Kunming (昆明) breakfast of rice noodles topped with soft bean curd instead of meat.

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Steam-pot chicken soup in a ceramic pot with a spoonSteam-Pot Chicken 汽锅鸡

Steam-Pot Chicken (汽锅鸡) is a Yunnan (云南) dish originating in Jianshui (建水). Its distinctive cooking vessel is a local purple-clay steam pot: steam enters through a vent and condenses around the chicken, forming broth without water being poured directly over the meat.

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Claypot of Yunnan wild mushroom hot pot with assorted mushroomsWild Mushroom Hot Pot 野生菌火锅

Wild Mushroom Hot Pot (野生菌火锅) brings Yunnan’s (云南) seasonal mushrooms into a pot of simmering chicken stock.

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A round griddle-baked flatbread (Guandu baba) in a plastic wrapperGuandu Griddle Cakes 官渡粑粑

Guandu Griddle Cakes (官渡粑粑) are round cakes associated with Guandu Old Town (官渡古镇) in Kunming (昆明). Xinhua’s 2020 visit to baker Yang Wu (杨武) documents a chewy dough, sweet fillings and cooking on a large, flat-bottomed pan.

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All dish names · 全部菜名 (19)

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Counties & districts in Kunming

14 areas belong directly to Kunming.

14 areas

District

Wuhua District 五华区

Wuhua District (simplified Chinese: 五华区; traditional Chinese: 五華區; pinyin: Wǔhuá Qū) is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China.

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Panlong District 盘龙区

Panlong District (simplified Chinese: 盘龙区; traditional Chinese: 盤龍區; pinyin: Pánlóng Qū) is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China.

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Guandu District 官渡区

Guandu District is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China.

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Xishan District 西山区

Xishan District is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China.

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Dongchuan District 东川区

Dongchuan District is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.

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Chenggong District 呈贡区

Chenggong District (simplified Chinese: 呈贡区; traditional Chinese: 呈貢區; pinyin: Chénggòng Qū) is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China…

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Jinning District 晋宁区

Jinning District (simplified Chinese: 晋宁区; traditional Chinese: 晉寧區; pinyin: Jìnníng Qū) is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in Southwest China.

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Fumin County 富民县

Fumin County is a county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It borders Panlong District, Wuhua District, Songming County and Xundian County to the east, Luquan County to the north, Lufeng City…

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Yiliang County 宜良县

Yiliang County is a county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China. It borders Luliang County and Shilin County to the east, Mile City and Huaning County to the south…

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Shilin Yi Autonomous County 石林彝族自治县

Shilin Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China.

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Songming County 嵩明县

Songming County is a county under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China. It is famous for the Yanglin Fat Liquor and the Dian Opera.

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Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County 禄劝彝族苗族自治县

Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. As of the 2020 census the population was 378,881.

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Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County 寻甸回族彝族自治县

Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 寻甸回族彝族自治县; traditional Chinese: 尋甸回族彝族自治縣; pinyin: Xúndiàn Huízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: ثٌدِیًا خُوِذُو یِذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is an autonomous county…

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Anning 安宁市

Anning (simplified Chinese: 安宁市; traditional Chinese: 安寧市; pinyin: Ānníng) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China.

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Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.

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Photo: Stone Forest · xiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia thumbnail; fitted to the ranking-card frame.

Photo: Dianchi Lake · glxcn · CC BY-SA 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.

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Photo: Kunming · 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden · 董辰兴 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Yunnan Military Academy History Museum · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Kunming Botanical Garden · 阿橋 HQ · CC BY-SA 2.0. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Kunming Old Street · 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Green Lake Park · drnan tu from Shenzhen, China · CC BY-SA 2.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Yunnan University Donglu Campus Historic Buildings · Daderot · Public domain. Full frame retained; EXIF orientation normalized, proportionally resized to at most 800 pixels and converted to WebP. No generated pixels or subject changes. Cards may crop the display.

Photo: Dounan Flower Market · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Anning Hot Springs · Zhangmoon618 · CC BY-SA 3.0. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Yunnan Provincial Museum · Kcx36 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Guandu Ancient Town · Kcx36 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Jiuxiang Scenic Area · mayanming · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Zheng He Park · Kcx36 · CC BY-SA 4.0. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.

Photo: Golden Temple · Gisling · CC BY 3.0. Full frame retained; EXIF orientation normalized, proportionally resized to at most 800 pixels and converted to WebP. No generated pixels or subject changes. Cards may crop the display.

Photo: Black Dragon Pool Park · Zhangmoon618 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Naigu Stone Forest · 石林一中学子（原作者并非一人，顾及隐私不愿署真实姓名） · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Changhu Lake · Zhangmoon618 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; EXIF orientation normalized, proportionally resized to at most 800 pixels and converted to WebP. No generated pixels or subject changes. Cards may crop the display.

Photo: Jiaozi Snow Mountain · 維基小霸王 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Dianchi Lake Haigeng Park · drnan tu from Shenzhen, China · CC BY-SA 2.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Western Hills Dragon Gate · hilloo · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

Photo: Yunnan Ethnic Village · ping lin · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.

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