City
Kunming
China
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Archways; Green Lake Park; Dragon Gate; Tang Dynasty Yuantong Temple; Dianchi Lake; Dounan Flower Market; lush Yunnan subtropical plateau flora; Dian Kingdom
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic viewpoint looking across Green Lake toward the Mid-Lake Pavilion with weeping willows in the foreground, or across Dianchi Lake toward the Western Hills, showing willow branches and stone balustrades in the foreground, the calm water reflections and traditional pavilions in the middle-ground, and the lush silhouette of Western Hills fading in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick weeping willows of Green Lake, camellia groves, and pine-covered slopes of Western Hills.
- Guarded against
- Not Dali, Lijiang, or Guiyang
Population3,855,346Wikidata: 6,850,000
Coordinates25.04°N, 102.72°E
Elevation1,892 m
Area21,013 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon13:09clock runs 1.2 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Kunming and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Chañaral, Chile — 683 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Qujing | CN | 117 km |
| Liupanshui | CN | 273 km |
| Bijie | CN | 359 km |
| Guiyang | CN | 435 km |
| Zunyi | CN | 511 km |
| Zigong | CN | 520 km |
| Hanoi | VN | 549 km |
| Neijiang | CN | 555 km |
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