The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú zìzhìzhōu 德宏傣族景颇族自治州) is located in the west of Yunnan province in southwest China. Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云å—; Traditional Chinese: 雲å—; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ...
Dehong stretches 122 from east to west and 170 km from north to south, it's area is 11526 km².
Administrative division
Dehong is divided into three counties and two towns: Liánghé 梁河县, Yíngjiāng 盈江县, Lǒngchuān 陇川县; Lùxī 潞西市 and Ruìlì 瑞丽市. The Luxi fonts are a group of fonts which are commonly found on open-source operating systems, such as Linux. ...
The seat of the local government is in Luxi. The postcode of Dehong is 678400, the telephone prefix is +86-692.
Population
The population of Dehong is 1.02 million, 48.17% of whom are Han Chinese, 51.83% are national minorities, mostly Dai and Jingpo. Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉æ—; Traditional Chinese: æ¼¢æ—; pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... The Dai is the officially recognized name of an ethnic group living in southern Yunnan Province of China, and also in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar. ... The Jingpo people (Chinese: 景颇族 Jǐngpōzú; own names: Jingpo, Tsaiva, Lechi) are an ethnic group. ...
History
The area was declared an autonomous region in 1953 and in May 1956 became an autonomous prefecture.
Dehong is known of local folk Dai People's custom, King of Banian Trees, and Jiegao Border Trade Port.
DehongDai Nationality and Jingpo Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, bordering on the Federal Republic of Myanmar On three sides, is situated in the western part of Yunnan Province.
Scenic spots in Dehong Prefecture contain subtropical natural scenes, building of Hinayana Buddhism, customs and culture of the Dai people, Dai style food, border trade and traveling to Myanmar through the border.
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