Yuxi
Yuxi is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately south of Kunming.By the end of 2024, the resident population of the city will be 2.266 million.
Geography
Yuxi is located in the center of Yunnan province, about south of Kunming, the provincial capital. Like much of the central and eastern parts of the province, it is part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau.The area is and the population is approximately 2.5 million.
Near Yuxi city is Fuxian Lake, the second-deepest freshwater lake in China, where there have been discovered ancient fossils that are now in the possession of the Yuxi museum. There also are three other lakes around the city. They are Xingyun Lake, Qilu Lake, and Yangzong Lake.
Climate
Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Yuxi has a mild subtropical highland climate, with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to around. During summer, a majority of the days features some rainfall, and daytime temperatures rise to. A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to October.Transport
- China National Highway 213
- G8511 Kunming–Mohan Expressway
- Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway
- Yuxi–Mohan railway
History
Demography
Among the resident population, the Han population is 1,560,279, accounting for 67.73% of the total population; the ethnic minorities population is 743,232, accounting for 32.27% of the total population.| 民族名称 | Han | Yi | Hani | Dai | Hui | Bai | Miao | Mongol | Lahu | Zhuang | Others |
| Population | 1560281 | 446997 | 130284 | 73596 | 48284 | 11822 | 10306 | 7139 | 7027 | 2366 | 5416 |
| Proportion of total population | 67.73 | 19.40 | 5.66 | 3.19 | 2.10 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.24 |
| Proportion of minority population | --- | 60.14 | 17.53 | 9.90 | 6.50 | 1.59 | 1.39 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.32 | 0.73 |
Government
Rao Nanhu is the mayor of Yuxi City.People
Chu Shijian: Chinese business executive and entrepreneur, known as the "king of tobacco" and the "king of oranges".Major tourist attractions
One of China's deepest freshwater lakes, Fuxian Lake boasts exceptionally clear waters, earning it the nickname "Pearl of the Plateau." It's ideal for swimming, diving, boating, and lakeside vacations.Economy
Yuxi is the home of the Hongta Group, which was named after the Red Pagoda which sits atop a nearby hill. The Pagoda was originally white, but was painted red during the cultural revolution. The tobacco is of high quality because there are over 2300 hours of sunlight a year in the region, adequate rainfall in the summer, and excellent soil that produces a plethora of other fruits and vegetables. The region has begun producing wine, which could prove to be quite palatable in the next decade or so. There are substantial mineral deposits of tin and phosphate ores, including the Heavenly Triangle of Huaning, Jiangchuan and Chengjiang.Yuxi is one of the fastest growing small cities in China. In 2001, the city won an Honor Award in Analysis & Planning by the American Society of Landscape Architects. In 2004 UNIDO held a Workshop on Seed Treatment Technology, one of only two in China.