Qujing

Geography and climate

Qujing is located in the east of Yunnan province, about 130 km east of Kunming, the provincial capital. It borders Kunming to the west, Zhaotong and Bijie to the north, Liupanshui and Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture to the east, and Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Baise to the south. Like much of the central and eastern parts of the province, it is part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau.

Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Qujing has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to around 15 °C. During summer, a majority of the days features some rainfall, and daytime temperatures rise to 25 °C. A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to October.

| Jan record high C = 25.9 | Jan record low C = −6.7 | Feb record high C = 28.8 | Feb record low C = −9.2 | Mar record high C = 29.5 | Mar record low C = −5.8 | Apr record high C = 31.9 | Apr record low C = 0.3 | May record high C = 33.4 | May record low C = 3.8 | Jun record high C = 32.1 | Jun record low C = 9.4 | Jul record high C = 31.1 | Jul record low C = 9.0 | Aug record high C = 31.5 | Aug record low C = 8.7 | Sep record high C = 30.9 | Sep record low C = 5.3 | Oct record high C = 27.6 | Oct record low C = 1.1 | Nov record high C = 26.1 | Nov record low C = −3.5 | Dec record high C = 24.6 | Dec record low C = −8.7 | script-title=zh:曲靖 – 气象数据 -中国天气网 | access-date = 21 November 2022}}

Transport

Qujing is linked to Kunming by the National Highway 320. Drive time is about three hours. The transportation system in Qujing is well developed. You can access almost every corner of the city by way of the Kun Qu Freeway. Buses to Kunming depart from Qujing Bus Station every half hour, the trip takes about three hours. The bus station also provides transportation to Dali, Honghezhou and other destinations around Qujing. Taxi and buses are available in Qujing. The base rate of a taxi is RMB 7 for the first 2.5 km.

Two train routes, Guizhou to Kunming and Nanning to Kunming, run through eight towns in Qujing each day. It takes one and a half hours to get from Qujing to Kunming by express. After Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway completed in December 2016, it takes 45 minutes to reach Kunming South High-speed Train Station and an hour to reach Guiyang North High-speed Train Station from Qujing North High-speed Train Station. There is a plan for a speed train to run between Chengdu and Nanning by the year 2015, which will make the trip from Kunming to Qujing only 30 minutes long.

Administrative divisions

The government seat is located in Qilin District.

Economy

In 2016, the total GDP was 177.5 billion Yuan, and the GDP per capita was 27044 yuan.

Tobacco, automobiles, power generation and chemical engineering are the main industries in Qujing.

• Qujing Economic and Technological Development Zone Qujing Economic and Technological Development Zone (QETDZ) is a provincial development zone approved by Yunnan Provincial Government in August 1992. It is located in the east of urban Qujing, the second largest city in Yunnan in terms of economic strengths. The location of the development zone is the economic, political and cultural center of Qujing. As an agency under Qujing municipal Party committee and municipal government, the administrative commission of QETDZ functions as an economy supervising body at the prefecture level and an administration body at the county level. It has 106 km2 under its jurisdiction. It shoulders the task of building a new 40-square-kilometer city area and providing service for a population of 400,000 in the upcoming 10 years.

Demography

Among the resident population, the Han population is 5,442,131, accounting for 92.95% of the total population; the ethnic minorities population is 412,924, accounting for 7.1% of the total population.

Sites of interest

• Jiulong Waterfall (Nine Dragons Waterfall) in Luoping County
• Tiansheng Cave, formerly Xianren Dong (Fairy Cave, although some translate it as Celestial Being Cave)

References

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