County in Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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Yuanmou is a rural county in Central Yunnan. It is administratively part of Chuxiong Prefecture.
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元谋土林
元谋人博物馆
元谋大酒店
Four-star hotel. Not to be confused with a similarly-named hotel on Shengli Street.
By train
Only slow trains are available. Trains depart four times a day from Kunming Railway Station. The journey time from there is between 3 and 4.5 hours. There are no direct trains from Chuxiong City.
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Panzhihua (Renhe) · Regional · PZI
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