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1、Kunming1.昆明别称：Nickname(s):CityofEternalSpring,TuodongCity,YachiFu,Yunnanfu2.昆明简介：KūnmíngisthecapitalandlargestcityofYunnan(云南)ProvinceinSouthwestChina.ItwasknownasYunnan-Fou(云南府,Yúnnánfǔ)untilthe1920s.Aprefecture-levelcity,itisthepolitical,economic,communicationsandcultural
2、centreofYunnan,andistheseatoftheprovincialgovernment.Itisalsohometoseveraluniversities,museums,galleriesandotherimportanteconomic,cultural,andeducationalinstitutions.TheheadquartersofmanyofYunnan'slargebusinessesareinKunmingaswell.ItwasimportantduringWorldWarIIasaChinesemil
3、itarycenter,Americanairbase,andtransportterminalsfortheBurmaRoad.LocatedinthemiddleoftheYunnan-GuizhouPlateau,Kunmingislocatedatanaltitudeof1,950mabovesealevelandatalatitudejustnorthoftheTropicofCancer.Itcoversanareaof21,473squarekilometres(8,291 sq mi)anditsurbanareacovers
4、2,081 km2(803 sq mi).Kunminghaspopulationof6,432,212including3,055,000intheurbanareaandislocatedatthenorthernedgeofthelargeLakeDian,surroundedbytemplesandlake-and-limestonehilllandscapes.Itseconomicimportancederivesfromitsgeographicalposition.Itispositionedneartheborderwith
5、SoutheasternAsiancountries,servingasatransportationhubinSouthwestChina,linkingbyrailtoVietnamandbyroadtoBurmaandLaos.Thispositioningalsomakesitanimportanttradecenterinthisregionofthenation.Italsohousessomemanufacturing,chieflycopper,thoughsomeotherchemicals,machinery,textil
6、es,paperandcementtakekey.Thoughhavinganearly2,400yearhistory,itsmodernprosperitydatesonlyfrom1910,whentherailroadfromHanoiwasbuilt.ThecityhascontinuedtodeveloprapidlyunderChina'smodernizationefforts.Kunming'sstreetshavewidenedwhileofficebuildingsandhousingprojectsdevelopata
7、fastpace.Kunminghasbeendesignatedaspecialtourismcenterandassuchsportsaproliferationofhigh-risesandluxuryhotels.3.昆明发展：BecauseoftheWars,likeWorldWarII,until1952,Kunmingwasawalledcity.Thecitygovernmentin1952orderedhundredsofyoungpeopletoteardownthewallanduseitsbrickstomakeane
8、wroadrunningnorth-south.Toshowitsappreciationfortheyoungpeoplethatdemolishedtheeas
