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Dali
 Dali City, situated in the west of Yunnan Province, has
an area of 28,500 square kilometers with a population of 3 million.
Dali City possesses one of the country's seven freshwater lakes-Erhai
Lake. There are big embankments along the banks of the lake.
It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climatic zone with conspicuous
dimensional climatic character, the annual average temperature of
which is 15.1°C and the yearly precipitation of
1100 mm. It has the rich resource such as platinum and marble and also
gold, lead, brown coal (lignite), copper and rock salt (halite), etc.
It is also rich in such resources as hydraulic power, forestry and
mountainous grassland.
In the field of industries, it has placed the development of food
industry as its priority industry with the development of mining,
building materials, machinery, textile and other industries. In the
field of agriculture, paddy rice, wheat, rapeseed, sugar cane and
flue-cured tobacco and others are grown in abundance. In the area of
communication, priority is given to highway traffic.
Dali City is a famous historic cultural city of China, once the
capital city of Nanzhao regime and Dali Regime in the ancient China, a
city of picturesque scenery. With the verdant greenery Erhai Lake as
its center, the scenic spot and place of historic site of Dali
constitute one of the major places of historic interest and scenic
beauty of China. Besides, there are also such scenic spots and
historic sites as the three Dali Pagodas,
 Butterfly spring and others.
Traditionally well-known local products and specialties are the
Bowl-Shaped Compressed Mass of Tea Leaves, Cigar, Zha-dyed cloth, Bow
Fish and snow pear. |
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