Kunming

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Kunming

Total population

3,583,000

Coordinates25.04°, 102.72°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Yunnan

• Wuhua
  0.8 mi away · pop. 247,000
• Guandu
  2.2 mi away
• Xishan
  3.3 mi away
• Panlong
  5.8 mi away
• Xizhu
  9.2 mi away
• Anning
  16.6 mi away · pop. 247,999
• Wenquan
  17.8 mi away · pop. 49,696
• Haikou
  18.7 mi away · pop. 2,141,300
• Yongding
  19 mi away
• Tangchi
  20.8 mi away
• Yanglin
  25.3 mi away
• Chengjiang
  27.6 mi away · pop. 27,400

Browse all places in Yunnan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kunming

Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering

Jiaxing Zhang · 2015

MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION CENTRES IN CHINA: RESULTS OF A COURCE HELD IN KUNMING YUNNAN PROVINCE, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 6-18 DECEMBER 1982

CANADA. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE

Proceedings of the third meetings of the Subregional Transport Forum and the Subregional Electric Power Forum, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, 12-13 December 1996

Subregional Transport Forum (3rd 1996 Kunming, China) · 1997

Third International Symposium on Optical Storage (ISOS '92)

International Symposium on Optical Storage (3rd 1992 Kunming, China) · 1993

International Symposium on Biodiversity and Biogeography in East Asia

International Symposium on Biodiversity and Biogeography in East Asia (2006 Kunming, Yunnan, China) · 2006

Management of information centres in China

K. P. Broadbent · 1984

Software Engineering and Methodology for Emerging Domains

Lu Zhang · 2017

Floristic characteristics and diversity of East Asian plants

International Symposium on Floristic Characteristics and Diversity of East Asian Plants (1st 1996 Kʻun-ming shih, China) · 1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

Seen 2026-09-27

Blue Peacock Swallowtail

Papilio arcturus

Seen 2026-09-27

Yunnan Dwarf Gecko

Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis

Seen 2026-09-26

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-26

Docirava pudicata

Docirava pudicata

Seen 2026-09-25

Tropical Fritillary

Argynnis hyperbius

Seen 2026-09-25

Polyneura cheni

Polyneura cheni

Seen 2026-09-22

Jade Hawkmoth

Daphnis hypothous

Seen 2026-09-21

Asian Giant Hornet

Vespa mandarinia

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).