Kunming, China

E86057

Buddhist temple airport city high-speed railway station international airport karst landscape lake provincial capital public university railway station rapid transit system university

Kunming, China is a major city in southwest China that served as a key World War II air base and supply hub, notably for the American Volunteer Group known as the Flying Tigers.

Aliases (13)

Kunming ×49
American Volunteer Group ×1
Dian Lake ×1
Kunming Changshui International Airport ×1
Kunming Metro ×1
Kunming Railway Station ×1
Kunming South Railway Station ×1
Kunming University of Science and Technology ×1
Kunming Wujiaba International Airport ×1
Kunming, Yunnan, China ×1
Stone Forest ×1
Yuantong Temple ×1
Yunnan University ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist temple → airport → city → high-speed railway station → international airport → karst landscape → lake → provincial capital → public university → railway station → rapid transit system → university →
capitalOf	Yunnan Province →
climateClassification	subtropical highland climate →
connectedBy	Burma Road → The Hump airlift →
country	China →
formerAirport	Kunming Wujiaba International Airport →
governedBy	Kunming Municipal Government →
hasAirport	Kunming Changshui International Airport →
hasEthnicGroup	Bai people → Han Chinese → Hui people → Yi people →
hasMetroSystem	Kunming Metro →
hasRailwayStation	Kunming Railway Station → Kunming South Railway Station →
hasRole	economic center of Yunnan → transportation hub of Southwest China →
hasTouristAttraction	Stone Forest → Yuantong Temple →
hasUniversity	Kunming University of Science and Technology NERFINISHED → Yunnan University →
historicalRole	World War II air base → World War II supply hub →
knownFor	mild climate →
language	Southwestern Mandarin →
locatedIn	Southwest China → Yunnan Province →
locatedNear	Dian Lake →
locatedOn	Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau →
nickname	Flying Tigers → Spring City →
partOf	China–Burma–India Theater →
servedAs	base for Flying Tigers →
subdivisionType	prefecture-level city →
timeZone	China Standard Time →
usedBy	American Volunteer Group → United States Army Air Forces →
utcOffset	+8 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Volunteer Group → Flying Tigers →	baseOfOperations
Guangzhou Railway Station ("Kunming") → Shanghai Railway Station ("Kunming") →	connectsTo
Yunnan Province ("Kunming") →	capital
China United Airlines ("Kunming") →	cityServed
Ledo Road ("Kunming, Yunnan, China") →	endPoint
Shenzhen Airlines ("Kunming") →	focusCity
China Air Task Force ("Kunming") →	garrisonLocation
Western China ("Kunming") →	hasMajorCity
YREB ("Kunming") →	keyCity
Frank H. Shu →	placeOfBirth
Yongli Emperor ("Kunming") →	placeOfDeath
Claire Lee Chennault →	residence
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas →	routeEnd
Burma Road ("Kunming") →	terminus