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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,communicationsandculturalcentreofYunnan,andisthesea
2、toftheprovincialgovernment.Itisalsohometoseveraluniversities,museums,galleriesandotherimportanteconomic,cultural,andeducationalinstitutions.TheheadquartersofmanyofYunnan'slargebusinessesareinKunmingaswell.ItwasimportantduringWorldWarIIasaChinesemilitarycenter,Americanairbase,andtransportterminalsfor
3、theBurmaRoad.LocatedinthemiddleoftheYunnan-GuizhouPlateau,Kunmingislocatedatanaltitudeof1,950mabovesealevelandatalatitudejustnorthoftheTropicofCancer.Itcoversanareaof21,473squarekilometres(8,291 sq mi)anditsurbanareacovers2,081 km2(803 sq mi).Kunminghaspopulationof6,432,212including3,055,000intheurb
4、anareaandislocatedatthenorthernedgeofthelargeLakeDian,surroundedbytemplesandlake-and-limestonehilllandscapes.Itseconomicimportancederivesfromitsgeographicalposition.ItispositionedneartheborderwithSoutheasternAsiancountries,servingasatransportationhubinSouthwestChina,linkingbyrailtoVietnamandbyroadto
5、BurmaandLaos.Thispositioningalsomakesitanimportanttradecenterinthisregionofthenation.Italsohousessomemanufacturing,chieflycopper,thoughsomeotherchemicals,machinery,textiles,paperandcementtakekey.Thoughhavinganearly2,400yearhistory,itsmodernprosperitydatesonlyfrom1910,whentherailroadfromHanoiwasbuilt
6、.ThecityhascontinuedtodeveloprapidlyunderChina'smodernizationefforts.Kunming'sstreetshavewidenedwhileofficebuildingsandhousingprojectsdevelopatafastpace.Kunminghasbeendesignatedaspecialtourismcenterandassuchsportsaproliferationofhigh-risesandluxuryhotels.3.昆明发展：BecauseoftheWars,likeWorldWarII,until1
7、952,Kunmingwasawalledcity.Thecitygovernmentin1952orderedhundredsofyoungpeopletoteardownthewallanduseitsbrickstomakeanewroadrunningnorth-south.Toshowitsappreciationfortheyoungpeoplethatdemolishedtheeas
