2. The urban area is 606 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital, 200 kilometers away from Myitkyina, Myanmar and 602 kilometers away from Redo, India. It is an important gateway and node for China to South Asia and Southeast Asia. By 2020, Tengchong will cover an area of 5,845 square kilometers, with a border line of 148.075 kilometers, covering 1 street (Tengyue street), 10 town and 7 townships. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the permanent population of Tengchong City was 64248 1.
Tengchong is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, a hometown of literature, a jade distribution center, and a provincial-level historical and cultural city. Tengchong was called Dianyue in the Western Han Dynasty, and Tengchong Prefecture was established in central Dali. Due to the important geographical position, all previous dynasties sent heavy troops to station, and in the Ming Dynasty, a stone city was built, which was called "the first city at the extreme edge". The main tourist attractions in Tengchong are hawaii volcanoes national park, Dieshui River Waterfall, beihai wetland Nature Reserve, National Memorial Cemetery and Ai Siqi's former residence.