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
Province
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]
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yúnnán Wu Romanieation yiuin平noe平 Hakka Romanisation Yùn-nàm Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wan4naam4 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Hûn-lâm

References

1. (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.
2. This is to be taken only literally, and as explained abuin, the real origin of the provincial name is different.

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