Jinning, Kunming

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Jinning 晋宁区
District
Kunyang Town in Jinning
Location of Jinning (pink) and Kunming City (yellow) in Yunnan province
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture	Kunming Prefecture
Established	1956
Area
• Total	1,230.86 km2 (475.24 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	270,000
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	650600
Area code	0871
Website	http://www.jinning.gov.cn/

Jinning District (simplified Chinese: 晋宁区; traditional Chinese: 晉寧區; pinyin: Jìnníng Qū) is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. The formation of the district was approved on November 24, 2016, after the dissolution of the former Jinning County (晋宁县) by the State Council.^[1] It is located at the southern tip of Dian Lake and is well known within China as the birthplace of Zheng He.