Yunnan

云南省/雲南省
Yúnnán Shěng

Province Abbreviation(s): 滇 (Diān) or 云 (Yún)
Capital	Kunming (昆明)
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 8th 394,000 km² xx%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 12th 42,880,000 109/km²
Administration Type	Province
Governor	Xu Rongkai

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Rivers 2.2 Borders 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Miscellaneous topics 8 External links

History

In 1894, George Ernest Morrison, an Australian correspondent for The Times, travelled from Beijing to British-occupied Burma via Yunnan. His book An Australian in China details his experiences.

From 1916 to 1917, Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews led the Asiatic Zoological Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History through much of western and southern Yunnan, as well as other provinces of China. The book Camps and Trails in China records their experiences.

Geography

Yunnan is one of the most culturally and geographically varied province in China, with many minority peoples nestled throughout the region's mountains, jungles and river-valleys.

See also: Maotianshan shales

Rivers

• the Mekong (澜沧江; lan2cang1jiang1), which empties in the South China Sea via Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
• the Red River (元江; yuan2jiang1), which empties in the South China Sea via Hanoi, Vietnam
• Salween (怒江; nu4jiang1), which empties in the Andaman Sea via Burma.

Economy

Demographics

Ethnic groups include:

• Achang (Dehong)
• Bai (Dali)
• Dai (Xishuangbanna)
• Gelao
• Hani (or Akha)
• Hui (Muslims)
• Jino
• Jingpo
• Miao (or Hmong)
• Mosuo (Lijiang)
• Wa (Lincang)
• Yi
• Zhuang

Tourism

Tourist centres in Yunnan include Dali, the Naxi town of Lijiang, Zhongdian, The Stone Forest and Jinghong, Xishuangbanna.

The Old Town of Lijiang, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

Miscellaneous topics

External links

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