Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture

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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.

1 Geography
2 Administrative division
3 Population
4 History
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Dehong stretches 122 km (~73 statute miles) from east to west and 170 km (~103 miles) from north to south, it's area is 11526 km² (~4150 mi²).

[edit] Administrative division

Dehong is divided into three counties and two county level cities: Liánghé (梁河县), Yíngjiāng (盈江县), Lǒngchuān (陇川县); Lùxī (潞西市) and Ruìlì (瑞丽市).

The seat of the local government is in Luxi. The postcode of Dehong is 678400, the telephone prefix is +86-692.

[edit] 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.

[edit] History

The area was declared an autonomous region in 1953 and in May 1956 became an autonomous prefecture.

[edit] External links

Dehong local government site (in Chinese)
Dehong tuanjie bao (magazine in Chinese)
Dehong (from Xinhuanet.com, in Chinese)

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Prefecture-level divisions of Yunnan

Prefecture-level cities:	Baoshan \| Kunming \| Lijiang \| Lincang Pu'er \| Qujing \| Yuxi \| Zhaotong
Autonomous prefectures:	Chuxiong \| Dali \| Dehong \| Dêqên Honghe \| Nujiang \| Wenshan \| Xishuangbanna