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New York, often called New York City[a] or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within 250 mi (400 km) of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, an established safe haven for global investors, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world.

Kunming, also known as Chuncheng, is the capital of Yunnan Province, the central city of central Yunnan urban agglomeration, and one of the important central cities in western China approved by the State Council. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over seven districts, three counties, three autonomous counties and one county-level city, with a total area of 21473 square kilometers, a built-up area of 435.81 square kilometers, a resident population of 6.85 million, an urban population of 4.9902 million, and a urbanization rate of 72.85 percent. Kunming is located in southwest China and the middle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with the unique location of "connecting the coast of Guizhou and Guitong in the east, entering the Central Plains through Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, reaching Thailand / Cambodia in the south, and connecting India and Pakistan in the west". It is located at the intersection of the north-south international channel and the third east-west Eurasian continental bridge starting from Shenzhen.
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