Location: located between 9958' - 10027' east longitude and 2525' - 2558' north latitude, and in the northwest of Yunnan province
Neighboring Areas: Sichuan province and Guizhou Province; Tibet Autonomous Region and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Bai, Yi and Tibetan
Population: 3.19 million.
Urban Population: 486,800
Area: 28,536 sq km
History: The capital of Nanzhao State; the political, cultural and economic center of Yunnan in the ancient history
Climatic Features: sub-tropical monsoon climate with annual frost-free of 230 days, and sunlight of 2276.6 hours, not much difference between 4 reasons
Average Temperature: 15.1C
Rainfall: annual rainfall of 1078.9mm
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