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How many cities is Kunming?

Kunming is a second-tier city.

Kunming, also known as Spring City, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, megacity and central city of central Yunnan, one of the important central cities in western China approved by the State Council, and an important tourist and commercial city in China. By 221, the city has seven districts, three counties, one county-level city and three autonomous counties, with a total area of 21,12.54 square kilometers, a permanent population of 8.6 million and an urbanization rate of 81.1%. Kunming is located in the southwest of China, in the middle of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, between 12 1'-13 4' east longitude and 24 23'-26 22' north latitude, at the intersection of the North-South International Corridor and the third east-west Eurasian Continental Bridge starting from Shenzhen. It is the gateway city of China to Southeast Asia and South Asia, and is located in the "1+1" freedom of ASEAN. China Kunming Import and Export Fair, china international travel mart and China Kunming International Tourism Festival make Kunming one of the major exhibition cities in China. Kunming is a national historical and cultural city. As early as 3, years ago, human beings lived and multiplied around Dianchi Lake. In the 19th year of King Xiang of Chu Qing (278 BC), Yunnan was founded and its capital was here. In the first year of Tang Yongtai (765), Nanzhao built and expanded Dongcheng, which was the beginning of Kunming's city construction. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Yongli regime of Nanming established its capital in Kunming. Kunming belongs to the mountainous monsoon climate of the northern subtropical low-latitude plateau, and it is a mountainous landform. Because it is located in the low-latitude plateau, it has a climate of "four seasons like spring" and enjoys the reputation of "Spring City". Kunming is a second-tier city.