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Jianshan Destination Guide

Touring Jianshan in China

Jianshan in the region of Yunnan is located in China - some 1,318 mi or ( 2121 km ) South-West of Beijing , the country's capital city .

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Time in Jianshan is now 11:16 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Chongqing " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Hanoi, Haiphong, Dien Bien Phu, Yuxi, and Zhongshu. Being here already, consider visiting Hanoi . Check out our recommendations for Jianshan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 24.50 102.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Geography of Yunnan, Lakes of China, National parks of China

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 11 km away
Tags: Articles with inconsistent citation formats, County-level divisions of Yuxi City, World Heritage Sites 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 29 km away
Tags: Geography of Yunnan, Lakes of China, National parks of China