Kunming Facts

Known as Spring City, Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province, and a hot tour destination in China.
Abbreviation:
  Kun (昆 in Chinese)
Coordinates: 25° 4′ 0″ N, 102° 41′ 0″ E
Country: China
Mayor: Zhang Zulin
Population: 6.193 million people with 1.050 million non-permanent residents at the end of 2006.
Currency: Yuan (Renminbi)
Language: Kunming Dialect, on which Mandarin Chinese is based on.
Time Zone: China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Area: 21,473 square kilometers
Administrative Divisions:  14 subdivisions, including 5 districts, one county-level city, 5 counties and 3 autonomous counties
Altitude: 1,891m
City Flower: Camellia
City Tree: Magnolia tree
Main Rivers: Jinsha River, Pudu River, Mingyi River, Zhangjiu River, Niulan River, Nanpan River and Bajiang River, etc.
GDP: Total - CNY 139.3 billion; Per capita - CNY 25,327

Sister Cities: 
Asia: Fujisawa, Chiang Mai, Mandalay, Chittagong
Europe: Zurich, Jyvaskyla, Yangon
Northern America: Denver
Southern America: Cachabamba
Oceania: Wagga, New Plymouth
Africa: Chefchaouen

Kunming Location - Where is Kunming

Located on the middle part of Yungui Plateau. The coordinates of Kunming is 25° 4′ 0″ N, 102° 41′ 0″ E. See map of Kunming to view the exact location of Kunming. 
Kunming Location Map

Kunming Districts

Kunming has totally 14 subdivisions, including 5 districts, one county-level city, 5 counties and 3 autonomous counties.

5 Districts: Panlong District, Wuhua District, Guandu District, Xishan District, Dongchuan District

1 County-level City: Anning City

5 Counties: Chenggong County, Jinning County, Fumin County, Yiliang County, Songming County

3 Autonomous Counties: Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County

Kunming Codes

Kunming Postal Code: Kunming zip codes range from 650000 to 655200. However, not all within the range are in use.

Kunming Area Code: Internal dialing code is 0871 while international telephone calling code is +0086-871.

Kunming in Chinese

Learning how to read and say Kunming in Chinese might be of help when you are traveling around the city.

Kunming in Chinese Pinyin: kūn míng

How does Kunming look in Chinese?

Kunming in Chinese characters  Kunming in traditional Chinese

How to say Kunming in Chinese?    Click to play this audio file to learn how to correctly pronounce Kunming in Chinese. Or you can download it to your hand device to help when you are traveling to Kunming.


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