How big is the area of ??Qujing City?

Qujing City has a land area of ??28,900 square kilometers and governs 3 districts, 1 city, 5 counties and 1 national economic and technological development zone. It has a permanent population of 6.61 million, including Yi, Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Buyi, Shui , Yao and other ethnic minorities who have lived for generations.

Qujing is located in the eastern part of Yunnan Province and at the source of the Pearl River. It borders Guizhou Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the east, Wenshan Prefecture and Honghe Prefecture to the south, Kunming City to the west, and Zhaotong City to the north. It is known as "Yunnan and Guizhou". It is known as "Lock Key" and "Throat of Yunnan".

Qujing has a civilization history of more than 3,000 years and an organizational history of more than 2,000 years. As early as the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was the political center of the entire Nanzhong region (today's Yunnan, southern Sichuan, and northwest Guizhou) for more than 500 years. The economic and cultural center is the earliest developed area in Yunnan.

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Special industries of Qujing City:

Qujing focuses on the creation of world-class "green energy" and "green food" proposed by the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government The three cards of "Healthy Living Destination" focus on the development of six major industries including plateau-specific agriculture and biological resource processing, non-ferrous metal deep processing and liquid metal, military-civilian integrated modern equipment manufacturing, fine chemicals, modern trade and logistics, cultural tourism and plateau sports.

It has now formed an industrial sector with a complete range of categories and a solid foundation, with advantageous and characteristic agriculture, energy, tobacco, chemical industry, metallurgy, equipment manufacturing, light industry and building materials, and biological resources as the pillars.

Plateau specialty agriculture ranks at the forefront of the province and is the largest tobacco production base in Asia. Tobacco production accounts for about 20% of the province and about 8% of the country; meat, potatoes, sericulture, ginger, Rapeseed production ranks first in Yunnan Province, and it is known as the "Granary of Eastern Yunnan".

Qujing Municipal People’s Government Website—City Introduction