Kunming (chn)

Kunming

Kunming ranks 3,007th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dutch East Indies, Taldykorgan, and Haiti. Memorable people born in Kunming include Zheng He, Benedict Anderson, and Nie Er. Memorable people who died in Kunming include Zhu Youlang, and Wen Yiduo. Kunming has been the birth place of many athletes, and explorers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Kunming is located in China.

Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Chinese military center and the location of the headquarters for the US Army Forces China-Burma-India. Wujiaba Airport served as the home of the First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers. Kunming was also a transport terminus for the Burma Road. Read more on Wikipedia