Since the Republic of China, the administrative area of Kunming has been adjusted from 4.49 square kilometers to 2 1.473 square kilometers.
In April of the second year of the Republic of China, Yunnan Province was abolished and Kunming County was retained, which was directly led by the provincial government. Kunming still belongs to Kunming county in organizational system, but it is under the jurisdiction of the provincial public security department. In the eighth year of the Republic of China, the Governor Tang "abolished the governor and laid off troops, and implemented the people's rule", designated the provincial capital as the city, and set up the Yunnan municipal government in the central pavilion of Cuihu, which was the bud of the municipal authorities. At that time, Kunming was one of the provincial capital cities that started municipal administration earlier.
1920, Yunnan municipal government revoked. On August 1922, 1, the municipal government was re-established, the provincial capital area was delineated, and it was separated from Kunming County and belonged to the city, and it was named Kunming according to historical and geographical relations. The municipal office is directly supervised by the provincial government, and the supervision is appointed by the governor. The area under the jurisdiction of Kunming Municipal Government is 5.4 Li Long from east to west and 6.3 Li from north to south, covering an area of 4.49 square kilometers. It is divided into six administrative districts.
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Kunming is located in the middle of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the southwest of China, with east longitude10210' ~10340' and north latitude 24 23' ~ 26 22'. The city center is located at 25 02'11"east longitude. Dianchi Lake is in the south, surrounded by mountains on three sides and Dianchi Plain.
Kunming is the frontier and gateway of China to Southeast Asia, South Asia and even the Middle East, Southern Europe and Africa. It has a unique geographical advantage, connecting the coastal areas of Guizhou and Guangxi in the east, entering the Central Plains through Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, Thailand and Cambodia in the south, and Myanmar and India and Pakistan in the west.
The altitude of Kunming is about1891m. Mazongling in Wang Gong Mountain is the highest point in Kunming, with an altitude of 4247.7 meters, and the intersection of Jinsha River and Pudu River is the lowest point in Kunming, with an altitude of 746 meters ... The city is located in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the overall terrain is high in the north and low in the south, gradually decreasing from north to south. Central uplift, lower on the east and west sides. The landform of karst plateau in lake basin is dominant, followed by that of Hongshan plain.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kunming