Guandu District, belonging to Kunming City, Yunnan Province, is one of the five main urban areas of Kunming, located in the southeastern part of the main urban area of Kunming and the north bank of Dianchi Pond, adjacent to Yiliang County in the east, Chenggong District in the south, Songming County in the northeast, the Dianchi Pond in the southwest, Panlong District in the northwest, and Xishan District in the west. Guandu District has a total area of 552.21 square kilometers, with an area of 128 square kilometers of real management, and 12 streets and 89 communities under its jurisdiction. According to the seventh population census data, as of zero hour on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Guandu District is 1602279 people.
The elevation of Guandu District is between 1886.6-2731 meters, and the elevation of Pingba area is 1900-2000 meters, which is a low latitude and high altitude area. The standard elevation is 1,891 meters, belonging to the low latitude subtropical-plateau mountain monsoon climate in the northern latitude.
In September 2018, "2018 China's Top 100 Districts Development White Paper" was released in Beijing, and it was elected as one of China's top 100 districts in 2018. in November 2019, it was selected as one of the second batch of counties (districts) that reached the standard of water-saving social construction. in October 2021, it was selected as one of the "2021 China's Top 100 Smart City Counties and Municipalities". in 2021, Guandu District's regional GDP (Gross Domestic Product (GDP)) was 1.7 billion yuan. , Guandu District's gross domestic product (GDP) was 144.137 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.3%, with a per capita GDP of 89,707 yuan.