How far is Baoshan, Yunnan from the border?

170 kilometers.

Baoshan City is located in the western part of Yunnan Province, with a 170-kilometer national border. It was once a state and city with a difficult border control in Yunnan. Facing the severe and complex special environment, Baoshan has carefully woven a three-dimensional border prevention and control network with the determination to "guard the border and regard death as home".

Yunnan has 25 border counties that border Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam respectively. The national border is 4,060 kilometers long, of which the China-Myanmar border is 1,997 kilometers, the China-Laos border is 710 kilometers, and the China-Vietnam border is 1,353 kilometers. . To the west is Myanmar (the main port is Ruili), to the south is Laos (the main port is Mohan), and to the southeast is Vietnam (the main port is Hekou-Laojie).

Yunnan is located in southwest China, between 21°8'32"-29°15'8" north latitude and 97°31'39"-106°11'47" east longitude.

The maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 864.9 kilometers, and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 900 kilometers. The total area is 394,000 square kilometers, accounting for 4.1% of China's land area, ranking 8th.