Which province does Kunming belong to?

Kunming is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province, located in the middle of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, bordering Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the north, Yuxi City in the southwest, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast, Wei Chu in the west and Qujing City in the east. It is the core circle of urban agglomeration in central Yunnan, the center of five-hour aviation circle in Asia and one of the first-class logistics parks in China.

Kunming enjoys the reputation of "Spring City", which is the capital of Yunnan Province, the gateway city of China to Southeast Asia and South Asia, and a national historical and cultural city. It is an important tourist and commercial city in China and one of the important central cities in the western region. ?

Kunming is a mountainous landform. The terrain is generally high in the north and low in the south, with many caves and karst landforms. There are Shilin bazi in karst basin. It belongs to the mountain monsoon climate of the northern subtropical low latitude plateau. The annual average temperature 16.5℃, the annual average rainfall 1450 mm, the frost-free period of 278 days, and the climate is pleasant.

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As a place name, the word "Kunming" was difficult to research before the Tang Dynasty. There are different opinions about the origin of the word "Kunming". Most scholars believe that "Kunming" was originally the ethnic name of an ancient nation in southwest China.

"Kunming" was written as "Kun", "Kun Mi" or "Lin Kun" in China ancient literature. In the early days, it was not the name of a city, but the name of an ancient nation living in the southwest of China, that is, today's western Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan. ?

According to records, the appearance of the word "Kunming" can be traced back to the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Sima Qian, a famous historian at that time, wrote in Historical Records Biography of Southwest Yi: "From the east of the same teacher (now Baoshan) in the west to the north, Zhang and Kun all migrated with livestock, but they were not in their usual places and could travel thousands of miles." Thus, the word "Kunming" is the ethnic name of a minority in ancient Yunnan.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Kunming