Location: located between 100 25@,@ - 101 31@,@ east longitude and 21 27@,@ - 22 36@,@ north latitude
Neighboring Areas: Sichuan Province and Guizhou Province; Tibet Autonomous Region and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Physical Features: bounded to the south by Hengduan Range, and descending from south to north
Population: 363,110 Urban Population: 94,162 Area: 7,003 sq km
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Dai, Hani, Jino, Yi, Blang, Yao and Wa
Climatic Features: situated between north tropical zone and south sub-tropical zone; humid monsoon climate, which combined the virtues of continental and marine climate, with long summer and no obvious winter; sunlight of 1800-2300 hours
Average Temperature: 18.6 C -21.9 C Rainfall: annual average rainfall of 1200-1700mm
Rivers: Lancang River
Local Highlights: Water Splashing Festival, the village of Dai ethnic group, folk customs of ethnic groups
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