Yunnan

Yunnan ({{zh-stp |s=云南 |t=雲南 |p=Yúnnán}}; Vietnamese: Vân Nam) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country.

Tourism

Tourist centres in Yunnan include

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• Dali, the historic center of the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms.
• Jinghong, the center and prefectural capital of the Xishuangbanna Dai minority autonomous prefecture.
• Lijiang, a Naxi minority city. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
• Shangri-La County (formerly Zhongdian), an ethnic Tibetan township and county set high in Yunnan's north-western mountains.
• The Stone Forest, a series of karst outcrops east of Kunming.
• Yuanyang, a Hani minority settlement with vast rice-terraces.