Yuxi
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| Yuxi City | |
| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Characters | 玉溪市 |
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| - Pinyin | Yùxī Shì |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Admin HQ | Hongta |
| Area | |
| - Total | 15,285 km2 (5,901.6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 2,568,000 |
| - Density | 168/km2 (435.1/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 653100 |
| Area code(s) | 0877 |
| Yunnan e-Portal | |
| Website | http://english.yuxi.gov.cn/ |
Yuxi City (Chinese: 玉溪市; pinyin: Yùxī Shì) is a prefecture-level city in the Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately 90 km south of Kunming.
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[edit] Geography
The area is 15,285 sq km and the population is approximately 2.5 million.
Near Yuxi city is Fuxian Lake, the second-deepest lake in China, where there have been discovered ancient fossils that are now in the possession of the Yuxi museum. There also are three other lakes around the city. They are Xinyun Lake, Jilu Lake, Yangzong Lake.
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[edit] History
The city was founded in 960 AD, at a time when Yunnan was not yet part of China. Yuxi was once the core area of Yunnan Province during the Previous Qin Dynasty (period before 221BC). In the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD), it became a county of Yizhou Shire. The following dynasties witnessed the continuous separations and unifications of the area. It was not until 1997 that Yuxi became a prefecture-level city of the Republic of China. [1]
[edit] Demography
A considerable part of the residents of Yuxi (around 31.76%, Year 2003) belong to ethnic minorities.
[edit] Government
Gao Jingsong is the mayor of Yuxi City.
[edit] People
The composer of China's National Anthem, Nie Er was from Yuxi.
[edit] Economy
Yuxi is the home of the Hongta Group, which was named after the Red Pagoda which sits atop a nearby hill. The Pagoda was originally white, but was painted red during the cultural revolution. The tobacco is of high quality due to the fact that there are over 2300 hours of sunlight a year in the region, adequate rainfall in the summer, and excellent soil that produces a plethora of other fruits and vegetables. The region has begun producing wine, which could prove to be quite palpable in the next decade or so.
Yuxi is one of the fastest growing small cities in China. In 2001, the city won an Honor Award in Analysis & Planning by the American Society of Landscape Architects. In 2004 UNIDO held a Workshop on Seed Treatment Technology, one of only two in China.
[edit] Education
Yuxi Normal University is a university located in Yuxi with almost 8000 students. It was founded in 1978 as Yuxi Normal College. In 2000, under the approval from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, it was renamed Yuxi Normal University, with the merging of Yuxi Adult Education Center and Yuxi Normal School.
[edit] Subdivisions
- Hongta District (红塔区)
- Jiangchuan County (江川县)
- Chengjiang County (澄江县)
- Tonghai County (通海县)
- Huaning County (华宁县)
- Eshan Yi Autonomous County (峨山县)
- Yimen County (易门县)
- Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County (新平县)
- Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (元江县)
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Coordinates: 24°21′N 102°32′E / 24.35°N 102.533°E
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