Pu 'er City, also known as Simao, is a prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province, located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, which governs 9 counties in 1 district. At the end of 20 16, the city's population was 2617,000, with a total area of 45,385 square kilometers. On June 2007, 65438+1October 2 1, Simao City was renamed Pu 'er City.

Pu 'er City is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, between 22 02 ′-24 50 ′ north latitude and 99 09 ′-10219 ′ east longitude. It is adjacent to Honghe and Yuxi in the east, Xishuangbanna in the south, Lincang in the northwest and Dali and Chuxiong in the north. It borders Vietnam and Laos in the southeast and Myanmar in the southwest, with a length of about 486 kilometers (303 kilometers with Myanmar, 1 16 kilometers with Laos and 67 kilometers with Vietnam).

Expand the information of natural resources in Pu 'er City.

1, mineral resources

Pu 'er City was once an important post station on the "Ancient Tea-Horse Road", one of the important producing areas of famous Pu 'er tea, and one of the largest tea-producing areas in China. Pu 'er is rich in natural resources and has the reputation of "breeding gold and treasures".

The proven gold reserves 103.7 tons, the iron reserves of Huimin Iron Mine alone are 2654.38+000 tons, the copper reserves are 2.53 million tons and the lead reserves are 355,000 tons. Jiangcheng potash mine is the only soluble solid potash mine in China, with a reserve of over 20 million tons.

2. Water resources

Pu 'er City has a hydropower reserve of150,000 kilowatts, which is an important base for "sending electricity from the west to the east" and "sending it out of the cloud".

3. Plant resources

The forest coverage rate in Pu 'er City is over 67%, and the tea garden reaches 310.8 million mu. There are 2 national nature reserves and 4 provincial nature reserves, which are the epitome of Yunnan's "animal and plant kingdom" and one of the regions with the richest biodiversity in China. It is the largest oasis on the Tropic of Cancer and is called "paradise on earth, paradise world" by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Pu 'er Municipal People's Government-Natural Resources

Baidu Encyclopedia-Puer (Puer City, Yunnan Province)