Yunnan
province of China
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Summary
Yunnan is a province of China[1]. Yunnan draws 12,729 Wikipedia views per month (province of china category, ranking #3 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Wang Yubo[5]
- Capital: Kunming[6]
- Shares border with: Tibet Autonomous Region[7], Sichuan[8], Guizhou[9], Guangxi[10], Lai Châu[11], Lào Cai[12], Hà Giang[13], Phongsaly Province[14], Udomsai[15], Lūang Namthā[16], Kachin State[17], Shan State[18]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Lijiang[19], Kunming[20], Qujing[21], Yuxi[22], Baoshan[23], Zhaotong[24], Pu'er City[25], Lincang[26], Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture[27], Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture[28], Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture[29], Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture[30], Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture[31], Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture[32]
- Legislative body: 云南省人民代表大会[33]
- Party chief representative: Wang Ning[34]
- Commons category: Yunnan[35]
- Highest point: Kawagarbo[36]
- Official website: http://www.yn.gov.cn[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yunnan[38]
- Commons gallery: 云南[39]
- Population: 47,420,000[40], 47,209,277[41]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Yunnan[42]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[44], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[46], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[47], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[49], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[50]
- Replaces: Yunnan[51]
- Topic has template: Template:Yunnan[52]
- Official name: 云南省[53]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Yunnan[54]
- Category for people who died here: Q9678627[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Yunnan include Diania[56], a monotypic fossil taxon[57]; Yunzi[58]; and Yunnan Nuthatch[59], a taxon[60].
Why It Matters
Yunnan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Yunnan is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Yunnan include Diania[56], a monotypic fossil taxon[57]; Yunzi[58]; and Yunnan Nuthatch[59], a taxon[60].