Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities # City Urban area[62] District area[62] City proper[62] Census date 1 Kunming[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 3,140,777 3,272,586 6,432,209 2010-11-01 (1) Kunming (new districts)[lower-alpha 2] 244,586 594,627 see Kunming 2010-11-01 2 Xuanwei 584,076 1,302,891 see Qujing 2010-11-01 3 Qujing[lower-alpha 3] 468,437 740,747 5,855,055 2010-11-01 (3) Qujing (new districts)[lower-alpha 3] 235,390 616,047 see Qujing 2010-11-01 4 Dali 367,122 652,045 part of Dali Prefecture 2010-11-01 5 Chuxiong 331,991 588,620 part of Chuxiong Prefecture 2010-11-01 6 Yuxi[lower-alpha 4] 306,879 495,129 2,303,518 2010-11-01 (6) Yuxi (new district)[lower-alpha 4] 93,471 280,889 see Yuxi 2010-11-01 7 Baoshan 263,380 935,618 2,506,491 2010-11-01 8 Zhaotong 255,861 787,837 5,213,521 2010-11-01 9 Anning 242,151 341,341 see Kunming 2010-11-01 (10) Wenshan[lower-alpha 5] 229,430 481,505 part of Wenshan Prefecture 2010-11-01 (11) Mile[lower-alpha 6] 213,462 539,725 part of Honghe Prefecture 2010-11-01 (12) Mengzi[lower-alpha 7] 212,724 417,156 part of Honghe Prefecture 2010-11-01 13 Kaiyuan 210,801 322,693 part of Honghe Prefecture 2010-11-01 14 Jinghong 205,523 519,935 part of Xishuangbanna Prefecture 2010-11-01 15 Pu'er 185,473 296,565 2,542,898 2010-11-01 16 Gejiu 163,528 459,781 part of Honghe Prefecture 2010-11-01 17 Lijiang 151,744 211,151 1,244,769 2010-11-01 18 Lincang 142,095 323,708 2,429,497 2010-11-01 (19) Tengchong[lower-alpha 8] 135,318 644,765 see Baoshan 2010-11-01 20 Mangshi[lower-alpha 9] 131,425 389,891 part of Dehong Prefecture 2010-11-01 21 Dongchuan[lower-alpha 1] 113,632 271,917 see Kunming 2010-11-01 22 Ruili 99,148 180,627 part of Dehong Prefecture 2010-11-01 (23) Shangri-La[lower-alpha 10] 66,382 172,988 part of Dêqên Prefecture 2010-11-01 (24) Lushui[lower-alpha 11] 53,997 184,835 part of Nujiang Prefecture 2010-11-01 (25) Shuifu[lower-alpha 12] 44,647 102,143 see Zhaotong 2010-11-01