Wenquan Subdistrict, Aning
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Wenquan Subdistrict () is a
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, In ...
situated in northern
Anning City Anning () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China. It is located approximately 28 kilometers southwest of Kunming city proper. In 1995, Anning was upgraded to a county-level city from a ...
,
Yunnan province Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
, southwestern
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It lies about 8 km north of Anning City, situated on the bank of the
Tanglang River The Pudu River () is a major river in Yunnan Province in southwest China. The source of Pudu River is located in Songming County; the headwater stream is called Muyang River (). The river runs southwards through Kunming and then it is called the P ...
. Formerly a
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, its status changed to a
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, In ...
of Anning in 2011. The town is named for its
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.


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Anning, Yunnan Township-level divisions of Kunming {{Yunnan-geo-stub