Yuxi sits in the center of Yunnan province, with Kunming to its North, Pu’er at its west, Honghe to the southeast and Chuxiong to the northwest. The largest administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi city covers an area of 15,300 square meters and its largest administrative center is Hongta District. The city had a population of 2100,000 at the end of 2008. Not far from Yuxi city is Fuxian Lake, which is the second-deepest lake in China.
Longma Karst Cave is in Xiaoshiqiao Yi Nationality Township of Yuxi, endowed with pleasant climate, Yuxi is rich in crops and tobacco leaves, hence its honor 'Barn of Middle Yunnan Province' and 'Hometown of Yunnan Tobacco'. The area also has beautiful natural sceneries and colorful cultures. Various festivals, dances, musics and folk cultures of different ethnic minority groups should not be missed when traveling here.
Highlights of Yuxi County
Scenic Spots: Enjoying the gifts of nature and human wisdom, there are many favorable attractions like Fuxianhu Lake, the hometown of hot spring, Huaning, primary forests in Xinping, Yuanjiang River, the hometown of wild edible mushroom, Yimen and drifting in Jinsanxia Scenic Area.
Colorful Cultures: There are Confucian culture in Tonghai, ethnic culture of Mongolian in Yunnan province, Muslim culture and Yi ethnic groups in Hongda, and ethnic culture of Huayaodai in Xinping and red culture in Yimen.
Yuxi Style Tours: Yuxi is a wonderful place to have a Tobacco Tour in Hongta, Fossil Site Tour and Guansuo Opera tour in Chengjiang, and Bronze Ware Tour in Jiangchuan, Tea Tour in Xinping and Eshan, Manor tour in Xinping, Muslim Tour in Tonghai, and Terraces and Cliff Painting Tour in Yuanjiang.
There are some attractions in Yuxi City for people to visit, which are Fuxian Lake, Longma Karst Cave in Xiaoshiqiao Yi Nationality Township or Gaoxiang Organic Tea Plantations, the hometown of hot spring, Huaning, primary forests in Xinping, Yuanjiang River, the hometown of wild edible mushroom, Yimen and drifting in Jinsanxia Scenic Area.
Located in plateau area of low altitude, Yuxi City belongs to subtropical mosoon climate. Its climate changes along with the complex topography and air current condition, featured by dry spring and winter, and rainy summer and autumn. Boasting mild and moist weather, the annual average temperate is 15.4-24.2℃. The aunnal average precipitation is 787.8-1000mm, which is centralized on June to October. May to October is rainy season and June to August have heavy and intense rainfall. January to March is frost period. Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Yuxi 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 17 °C (63 °F). During summer, a majority of the days features some rainfall, and daytime temperatures rise to 26 °C (79 °F). A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to October.
The total mileage of highways and roads have reached 15113 kilometers, of which 232.7 kilometers are highways and the annual transport capacity of passengers and freight reached 10.316 million and 20.568 million respectively. The post and telecom industry took a step forward. The total telephone installation capacity reached 0.523 million. 0.406 million people own mobile phones. By the end of 2004, 111560 people were registered to use the Internet, of whom 29544 were broad band users and 82016 were narrow band users.
There are some Yuxi trival tips for people to visit attractions. When plan your trip to Yuxi, view our answers to questions about Yuxi county travel to get better understanding of Yuxi City.
If you want to visit Yuxi city, you can look these Yuxi maps to help you find it. Here are some maps, "Tourist Attractions Map of Yuxi City" and "How to Get to Yuxi City from Kunming", "Transportation Map in Yuxi City", "Region Map of Yuxi City ", "Location Map of Yuxi City ".
Yuxi enjoys favorable hotels, with high-quality facilities and complete services. You will have a good stay here. Here are some recommended hotels of Yuxi for you.
Sour spicy is the favorite taste of Yuxi people. So dishes here are kind of spicy and sour. Famous dishes here are Spicy chicken soup with herbs on Yudai Road, Roasted duck on Daying Street, Cold Rive Noodles, Ice Porridge etc.
Yuxi is the origin place of ancient Dian culture where there is Paleontological fossil coenosis in Chengjiang, bronze ware of Lijia Mountain. Many minorities inhabit there long time ago, such as Yi, Hani, Dai, Hui, Bai, etc. Those people co-create a splendid culture of Yuxi. There are also various festivals of ethnic groups which will help you to understand Yuxi better.
Here are some Yuxi City tour photos taken by our tourists and our teams. The beautiful landscapes make people want to live here, and the landscapes are so wonderful that people can enjoy from these pictures directly. From the Yuxi attractions photos, you can enjoy the landscape of Fuxian Lake, Longma Karst Cave in Xiaoshiqiao Yi Nationality Township or Gaoxiang Organic Tea Plantations, the hometown of hot spring, Huaning, primary forests in Xinping, Yuanjiang River, the hometown of wild edible mushroom, Yimen and drifting in Jinsanxia Scenic Area, Tuozhuo Village, Tonghongdian Yi and Miao Ethnic Town, Ningzhou Park, Wansong Mountain Scenic Area and Jinsuo Ancient Bridge, Bafangshu Mosque, Muche Mosque and Beimen Mosque, Xiangbi Hot Spring and Xiangbishan Hot Spring Forest Park.
Yuxi is a place with rich natural resources because of its abundant sunshine and water. You can enjoy the local snacks or purchase some handicrafts.
Yuxi Normal University is located in Yuxi with about 8000 students. It was set up in 1978 as Yuxi Normal College. In 2000, under the approval from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, it was renamed Yuxi Normal University, merging the two institutions of Yuxi Adult Education Center and Yuxi Normal School.
Yuxi has jurisdiction over 9 subdivisions: 2 Districts, 4 Counties, 3 Ethnic Counties.