Pu'er City

Pu'er
普洱市
Simao Confucian Temple
Pu'er Grand Theatre
Red Flag Square
Daijia Alley
Inverted Roots Park
Shiping Guildhall
Location of Pu'er City jurisdiction in Yunnan
Location of Pu'er City jurisdiction in Yunnan
Pu'er is located in Yunnan
Pu'er
Pu'er
Location of the city centre in Yunnan
Coordinates (Simao District government): 22°47′12″N 100°58′38″E / 22.7868°N 100.9771°E / 22.7868; 100.9771
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
GB/T 2260 CODE530800
Admin HQSimao District
Admin units
Area
 • Total
44,264.79 km2 (17,090.73 sq mi)
Elevation1,306 m (4,285 ft)
Highest elevation
3,306 m (10,846 ft)
Lowest elevation
376 m (1,234 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
2,542,898
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • TotalCN¥ 107.3 billion
US$ 15.8 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 45,168
US$ 6,662
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
665000
Area code0879
ISO 3166 codeCN-YN-08
Licence plate prefixes云J
Websitewww.puershi.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Yunnan Statistics Bureau[3] Yunnan Portal[4]
Pu'er City
Chinese普洱
PostalPuerh
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPǔ'ěr
Wade–GilesP‘u-erh
Simao
Chinese思茅
PostalSzumao
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSīmáo
Wade–GilesSzu-mao

Pu'er is a prefecture-level city in southern Yunnan Province, China. The urban administrative center of Pu'er is Simao District, which is also the former name of the prefecture-level city itself. A major downturn in the price of tea in 2007 caused severe economic distress in the area.[5] The price of Pu'er has since recovered and Pu'er tea, a type of dark tea, still contributes much to the income of the area.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference City Intro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 云南省统计局、国家统计局云南调查总队 (December 2023). 《云南统计年鉴-2023》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-9653-1.
  3. ^ 云南省统计局 (in Chinese (China)). Yunnan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  4. ^ 云南省人民政府门户网站 (in Chinese (China)). Yunnan People's Government. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Andrew (17 January 2009). "A County in China sees Its Fortune in Tea Leaves until a Bubble Bursts, International Herald Tribune, January 17, 2009". New York Times.