Yuxi 玉溪市
Prefecture-level city
Hongta District, 2007
Location of Yuxi in Yunnan
Coordinates (Yuxi municipal government): 24°20′49″N 102°31′37″E / 24.347°N 102.527°E / 24.347; 102.527
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Admin HQ	Hongta
Area
• Total	15,285 km2 (5,902 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,568,000
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Total	CN¥ 252 billion US$ 37.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 111,579 US$16,457
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	653100
Area code	0877
ISO 3166 code	CN-YN-04
License Plate Prefix	云F
Website	www.yuxi.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Yunnan e-Portal

Yuxi (Chinese: 玉溪; pinyin: Yùxī) is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Kunming.

Yuxi is located in the center of Yunnan province, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Kunming, the provincial capital. Like much of the central and eastern parts of the province, it is part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

The area is 15,285 km² (5,902 sq mi) and the population is approximately 2.5 million.

Near Yuxi city is Fuxian Lake, the second-deepest freshwater lake in China, where there have been discovered ancient fossils that are now in the possession of the Yuxi museum. There also are three other lakes around the city. They are Xingyun Lake, Qilu Lake, Yangzong Lake.

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.

• China National Highway 213
• G8511 Kunming–Mohan Expressway
• Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway
• Yuxi–Mohan railway

The city was founded in 960 AD, at a time when Yunnan was not yet part of China. Yuxi was once the core area of Yunnan Province during the pre-Qin period (period before 221 BC). In the Western Han dynasty (206 BC-24 AD), it became a county of Yizhou Shire. The following dynasties witnessed the continuous separations and unifications of the area. It was not until 1997 that Yuxi became a prefecture-level city of the People's Republic of China.^[5]

Among the resident population, the Han population is 1,560,279, accounting for 67.73% of the total population; the ethnic minorities population is 743,232, accounting for 32.27% of the total population.

Rao Nanhu is the mayor of Yuxi City.

The composer of China's National Anthem, Nie Er was from Yuxi.

Yuxi is the home of the Hongta Group, which was named after the Red Pagoda which sits atop a nearby hill. The Pagoda was originally white, but was painted red during the cultural revolution. The tobacco is of high quality because there are over 2300 hours of sunlight a year in the region, adequate rainfall in the summer, and excellent soil that produces a plethora of other fruits and vegetables. The region has begun producing wine, which could prove to be quite palatable in the next decade or so. There are substantial mineral deposits of tin and phosphate ores, including the Heavenly Triangle of Huaning,^[7] Jiangchuan and Chengjiang.

Yuxi is one of the fastest growing small cities in China. In 2001, the city won an Honor Award in Analysis & Planning by the American Society of Landscape Architects. In 2004 UNIDO held a Workshop on Seed Treatment Technology, one of only two in China.

Yuxi Normal University is a university located in Yuxi with almost 8000 students. It was founded 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, with the merging of Yuxi Adult Education Center and Yuxi Normal School.

Map
Fuxian Lake Hongta Jiangchuan Chengjiang (city) Tonghai County Huaning County Yimen County Eshan County Xinping County Yuanjiang County
Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
Hongta District	红塔区	Hóngtǎ Qū	495,129	1,004	493
Jiangchuan District	江川区	Jiāngchuān Qū	280,889	850	330
Chengjiang	澄江市	Chéngjiāng shì	169,366	773	219
Tonghai County	通海县	Tōnghǎi Xiàn	300,800	721	417
Huaning County	华宁县	Huáníng Xiàn	214,650	1,313	163
Yimen County	易门县	Yìmén Xiàn	177,110	1,571	113
Eshan Yi Autonomous County	峨山彝族自治县	Éshān Yízú Zìzhìxiàn	162,831	1,972	83
Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County	新平彝族傣族自治县	Xīnpíng Yízú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn	285,344	4,223	68
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County	元江哈尼族彝族傣族自治县	Yuánjiāng Hānízú Yízú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn	217,392	2,858	76

• Yunnan Institute of Development

• Yuxi City Official Website (en)
• Yuxi Normal University
• Hongta Group