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Yunnan Province
Located in the southwestern
frontier of China and the southwestern part Of the Yunnan-Guizhou
Plateau, Yunnan Province is bounded by Guangxi,
Guizhou, Sichuan
and Xizang (Tibet) Auto. Reg., and
adjoins Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam on the west and south. Area: over
380000 km2.
Yunnan is a mountain and plateau region, and mountainous areas and
plateau make up 94% of its total area.
It
enjoys a tropic highland humid monsoon climate, characterized by
cool summer and warm winter. It is like spring all the year round.
The annual average temperature is 13-20°C and the annual rainfall
is 1100 mm.
Yunnan
possesses lofty mountains , deep valleys and torrential rivers ,
and is inhabited by more than 20 nationalities with different customs,
which form the principal fetures of its sceneries and tourist industry.The
national major famous scenic areas include Dianchi Lake in Kunming,
Liman Stone forest, Dali,Xishuangbanna Yulong Snowberg in Lijiang,Tengchong
Volcanoes, Jiuxiang, Jianshui, Lijiang R.-Daying R., and the scenic
area of the Three Rivers Running Side by Side, etc. The ancient
City of Lijiang has been listed in the World Heritages.Besides,
the tourist activities with distinctive ethnic features attract
all the tourists both from home and abroad.
The
province boasts abundant famous local product.Yunnan cigarette,Yunnan
medicine, and Yunnan tea such as Dianlu, Puler, Dianhong, and Yunnan
Ham, etc, are all famous specialities.
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