Yunyan District
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Yunyan
云岩区 | |
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  Yunyan Location of the seat in Guizhou  Yunyan Yunyan (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Yunyan District government): 26°36′17″N 106°43′28″E / 26.6046°N 106.7244°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Guiyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 957,535 |
| • Density | 10,187/km2 (26,380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yunyan District (simplified Chinese: 云岩区; traditional Chinese: 雲岩區; pinyin: Yúnyán Qū) is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, China. Yunyan has been the provincial seat of Guizhou since it was established as a province during the Ming dynasty.[1] Yunyan has a majority Han population, and is home to other ethnic groups such as Miao, Bouyei, Hui, and Shui.[1]
Yunyan belonged to the Shunyuan Military Monitoring Department during the Yuan dynasty, and later the Guizhou Military Monitoring Department during the Ming dynasty.[1] Since Guizhou's establishment as a province during the Ming dynasty, Yunyan has been the seat of the province.[1] In August 1955, Guiyang's first district was renamed to Yunyan District, and its second district was renamed Fushui District. In 1958, Fushui was merged into Yunyan.[1]
