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Yunnan is the most southwestern province in China, with the Tropic of Cancer running through its southern part. The province has an area of 394,100 km 2 (152,200 sq mi), 4.1% of the nation's total. The northern part of the province forms part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. The province borders Guangxi and Guizhou in the east, Sichuan in the ...
The Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau or Yungui Plateau ( simplified Chinese: 云贵高原; traditional Chinese: 雲貴高原; pinyin: Yúnguì Gāoyuán) is a highland region located in southwest China. The region is primarily spread over the provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. In the southwest, the Yungui is a true plateau with relatively flatter ...
The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas ( Chinese: 云南三江并流; pinyin: Yúnnán Sānjiāng Bìngliú) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yunnan province, China. It lies within the drainage basins of the upper reaches of the Jinsha ( Yangtze ), Lancang ( Mekong) and Nujiang ( Salween) rivers, in the Yunnan section of the ...
Shangri-La ( Chinese: 香格里拉; pinyin: Xiānggélǐlā; Tibetan: སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ།) is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, China, named after the mythical land depicted in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon. It is the capital and largest city of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
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name = Yunnan Name used in the default map caption; image = China Yunnan adm location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" image1 = China Yunnan rel location map.svg An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 29.5 Latitude at top edge of map, in ...
Mengzi (Chinese: 蒙自; pinyin: Méngzì; Hani: Maoqziif Siif) is a city in the southeast of Yunnan Province, China. [2] Administratively, it is a county-level city and the prefectural capital of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located about 243 kilometres (151 mi) southeast from Kunming, and 400 kilometres northwest from Hanoi, Vietnam. [3]
China. Myanmar. Yunnan was a province of the Republic of China. It was one of the 22 provinces set up during the Qing dynasty. As one of the 6 provinces in South China, the territory it administers was slightly larger than the present-day Yunnan . As the ROC does not recognize changes in administrative divisions made by the PRC, including this ...