Yunyan District () is one of 6
urban districts of the
prefecture-level city of
Guiyang
Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the eas ...
, the capital of
Guizhou Province
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the ...
, China.
Yunyan has been the provincial seat of Guizhou since it was established as a province during the
Ming dynasty.
Yunyan has a majority
Han population, and is home to other ethnic groups such as
Miao,
Buyi,
Hui, and
Shui.
History
Yunyan belonged to the Shunyuan Military Monitoring Department during the
Yuan dynasty, and later the Guizhou Military Monitoring Department during the
Ming dynasty.
Since Guizhou's establishment as a province during the Ming dynasty, Yunyan has been the seat of the province.
In August 1955, Guiyang's first district was renamed to Yunyan District, and its second district was renamed Fushui District. In 1958, Fushui was merged into Yunyan.
References
External links
Yunyan District, Guiyang official website
County-level divisions of Guizhou
Guiyang
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