FACT  BOX

Place

Yunnan Province, China 雲南省

Origin of Name

South of the Yunling Mountains (South of the Clouds)

Area

394,100 km2 (8th, 4.1% of country total); China: 9,630,960

Population (2009)

45,710,000 (12th, 3.4% of country total); China: 1,328,020,000

Density

112/km2 (24th); Chinese territory: 626.98

GDP in 2010

CNY 722 billion (24rd, 1.8% of country total); China: 39,798.3 billion

GDP per capita

CNY 13,494 (29th); China CNY 49,160

Capital City

Kunming (also the largest city)

Ethnic
composition

Han 67%; Yi 11%; Bai 3.6%; Hani 3.4%; Zhuang 2.7%; Dai 2.7%; Miao 2.5%; Hui 1.5%; Tibetan 0.3%.  There are 24 officially recognized minority nationalities.

Religion

Christian, Muslim, Buddhist (Thereavada, Mahayana, and Tantric); traditional cultures are mostly animist.

Government structure

16 prefectures; 129 counties; 1563 townships

Border countries

Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam