Yunnan
Yunnan (simplifeed Cheenese: 云南; traditeeonal Cheenese: 雲南; pinyin: Yúnnán; IPA: [y̌nnǎn] ( listen)) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, locatit in the far soothwast o the kintra spannin approximately 394,000 square kilometer (152,000 sq mi) an wi a population o 45.7 million (2009). The caipital o the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, an Vietnam.
Yunnan Province 云南省 | |
---|---|
Name transcription(s) | |
• Cheenese | 云南省 (Yúnnán Shěng) |
• Abbreviation | 滇 or 云/雲 (pinyin: Diān or Yún) |
Map shawin the location o Yunnan Province | |
Named for | 云 yún – Yunling Muntains 南 nán – south "South of the Yunling Mountains"[1] |
Caipital | Kunming |
Lairgest ceety | Kunming |
Divisions | 16 prefecturs, 129 coonties, 1565 tounships |
Govrenment | |
• Secretar | Bai Enpei |
• Govrenor | Qin Guangrong |
Area | |
• Total | 394100 km2 (152,200 sq mi) |
Area rank | 8t |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 45,966,239 |
• Rank | 12t |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 24t |
Demographics | |
• Ethnic composeetion | Han – 67% Yi – 11% Bai – 3.6% Hani – 3.4% Zhuang – 2.7% Dai – 2.7% Miao – 2.5% Hui – 1.5% Tibetan – 0.3%- De'ang(Ta'ang)-0.19% |
ISO 3166 code | CN-53 |
GDP (2011) | CNY 875.1 billion US$ 138.9 billion (24t) |
• per capita | CNY 15,752 US$ 2,327 (30t) |
HDI (2008) | 0.710 (medium) (28t) |
Website | http://www.yn.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
Yunnan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semplifeed Cheenese | 云南 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tradeetional Cheenese | 雲南 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yúnnán | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | South of the clouds [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
References
eedit- ↑ (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.
- ↑ This is to be taken only literally, and as explained abuin, the real origin of the provincial name is different.