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Explore Heimatou in China

Heimatou in the region of Yunnan is a town in China - some 1,315 mi or ( 2116 km ) South-West of Beijing , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Heimatou is now 04:12 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Chongqing " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Hanoi, Haiphong, Dien Bien Phu, Yuxi, and Zhongshu. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Hanoi . Where to go and what to see in Heimatou ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Chengjiang County

Chengjiang County is located in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China, just north of Fuxian Lake. Within evolutionary biology, and especially paleontology, Chengjiang County is famous for soft-tissue fossil finds, of the Maotianshan Shales, dated to between 525 and 520 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion, which "are as spectacular as the Burgess Shale fauna, and significantly older". These fossils are considered one of the most important fossil finds of the 20th Century.

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Located at 24.65 102.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Articles with inconsistent citation formats, County-level divisions of Yuxi City, World Heritage Sites in China

Fuxian Lake

Fuxian Lake stretches out through Chengjiang County, Jiangchuan County and Huaning County in Yunnan Province, spanning an area of 212 square kilometers. The lake is ranked third largest in Yunnan, right after the Dianchi Lake and the Erhai Lake. Also the deepest lake in Yunnan, it is 155 meters deep at its greatest depth. It is also the third deepest fresh water lake in China after Tianchi Lake and Kanas Lake.

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Located at 24.50 102.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Geography of Yunnan, Lakes of China, National parks of China

Chengkung Airfield

Chengkung Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in China, located approximately 20 miles south-southeast of Kunming (Yunnan Province) in the People’s Republic of China.

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Located at 24.84 102.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in China

Dian Lake

Dian Lake, Dianchi Lake or Kunming Lake is a large inter-land lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, China. Its nickname is "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland," and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. It is a freshwater fault lake at 1,886.5 m above sea level. The lake covers 298 km . It is 39 km long from north to south, and the average depth is 4.4 m .

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Located at 24.80 102.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Geography of Yunnan, Lakes of China, National parks of China

Kingdom of the Little People

The Kingdom of the Little People is a theme park located near Kunming, Yunnan that features comic performances by people with dwarfism. Supporters of the park claim that it provides employment to people who would otherwise be unable to find work, but it has been criticized for treating dwarfism as a humorous condition.

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Located at 24.85 102.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 30 km away
Tags: 2009 establishments in China, Amusement parks in China, Buildings and structures in Yunnan, Visitor attractions in Yunnan

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