Yuxi City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province, is located in the central part of Yunnan Province, with geographical coordinates between 23°19′ and 24°53′ north latitude and 101°16′ and 103°09′ east longitude. It is connected to the provincial capital Kunming in the north, Pu'er City in the southwest, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the northwest. Yuxi covers an area of about 15,000 square kilometers with 2 districts, 1 city, 3 counties, and 3 ethnic autonomous counties under its jurisdiction, and the municipal party committee and municipal government are located in Hongta District. As of the end of 2022, Yuxi City had a resident population of 2.278 million. The terrain of Yuxi City is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with mountains, canyons, plateaus and basins interspersed, with a maximum horizontal distance of 172 kilometers and a maximum vertical distance of 163.5 kilometers. Most of the areas are 1500-1800 meters above sea level. The average annual temperature is 16.4-24.6℃, and the climate is three-dimensional and diverse, with no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, four seasons like spring, and a clear distinction between wet and dry. Yuxi City is the hometown of Nie Er, the hometown of cloud smoke, the hometown of lanterns and the plateau water town, located in the hinterland of central Yunnan, is an important transportation hub connecting the province and South Asia and Southeast Asia, and is an important copper-producing region in Yunnan. There are Hatianshan Paleontological Culture, Ancient Yunnan Culture, Plateau Water Town Culture and Mourning Mountain a Red River Valley Ethnic Style Culture in the territory, and there are 4 major tourist attractions (points) of 4A-level tourist attractions, 2 of 3A-level tourist attractions, and 11 of 2A-level tourist attractions.In 2022, Yuxi completed a GDP of 252.06 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 4.3%.
Chinese name
Yuxi prefecture level city in Yunnan
Foreign name
Yuxi City
Admin Div. Cat.
prefecture level city
Affiliated region
Yunnan Province, Southwest China
Subordinate regions
2 districts, 7 counties
Government seat
Hongta district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
Telephone area code
0877
Postal code
653100
Geographical location
Central Yunnan Province
Area
15,285 square kilometers
Demographic
The resident population is 2,375,000 (2016)
Dialects
Southwest Mandarin - Yuxi
Climatic conditions
subtropical monsoon climate
Famous sights
Lamentable Mountains, Fuxian Lake, Cambrian Paleontological Fossil Complex, etc.
Station
Yuxi station (in Yunnan)
License plate code
Cloud F
Administrative Code
530400
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