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Central Yunnan is in China.
There are buses to all these towns and trains to some, and a few also have airports; see the "Get in" sections of town articles.
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Kunming · International · KMG
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home of the "Ancient Town of the Yi Nationality", built in the early 21st century
popular with Chinese tourists on their way to visit the beautiful Tiger Leaping Gorge
a city renowned for its dinosaur fossil sites, the largest of which is now a major tourist attraction. Has a dinosaur museum.
a base for visiting Shibao Shan (石宝山; Stone Treasure Mountain), a fantastic nature reserve and religious site in Jianchuan County.
a nice city with laid-back atmosphere and lovely old pedestrian street
near the Yuanmou Earth Forest, which showcases the world's geological wonders
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