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Where is Yunnan province located within China?

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Yunnan: Yulongxue Mountain — Yunnan Pavilion atop Yulongxue (“Jade Dragon Snow”) Mountain, near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China.

Yunnan is a mountainous province located on the southwestern frontier of China. Its geographical position is defined by the following boundaries:

Northwest: Tibet Autonomous Region
North: Sichuan province
East: Guizhou province
Southeast: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
South and Southeast: Laos and Vietnam
Southwest and West: Myanmar (Burma)

The province is characterized by a diverse topography, featuring a western canyon region and the eastern Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with its provincial capital, Kunming, situated in the northeast-central part of the region.12