Location: located between 99′58″ - 100′27″east longitide and 25′25″ - 25′58″north latitude, and in the northwest of Yunnan province

Neighboring Areas: Sichuan province and Guizhou Province; Tibet Autonomous Region and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Nationalities: Han, Hui, Bai, Yi and Tibetan

Population: 3.19 million.
Urban Population: 486,800
Area: 28,536 sq km

History: The capital of Nanzhao State; the political, cultural and economical center of Yunnan in the ancient history

Climatic Features: sub-tropical monsoon climate with annual frost-free of 230 days, and sunlight of 2276.6 hours, no much difference between 4 reasons

Average Temperature: 15.1C
Rainfall: annual rainfall of 1078.9mm

Mountains: Western Hills