Yuxi
People's Republic of China · Asia
About Yuxi
Yuxi is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Kunming. By the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was estimated to be 2.266 million.
Yuxi is located in the center of Yunnan province, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Kunming, the provincial capital. Like much of the central and eastern parts of the province, it is part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau.
The area is 15,285 km2 (5,902 sq mi) and the population is approximately 2.5 million.
Near Yuxi city is Fuxian Lake, the second-deepest freshwater lake in China, where there have been discoveries of ancient fossils that are now in the possession of the Yuxi museum. There are also three other lakes around the city. They are Xingyun Lake, Qilu Lake, and Yangzong Lake.
Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Yuxi has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter, but the days still generally warm up to around...
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