Lincang

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Location of Lincang Prefecture (yellow)

View of a cultivated area from a road in Lincang. (November, 2004)

Lincang (simplified Chinese: 临沧, pinyin: Líncāng) is a prefecture-level city located in the southwestern part of China's southwestern province of Yunnan. It is the mountainous home of the Wa ethnic minority and was historically seen as too "wild" to be worth settling by neighboring powers, notably British Burma and ancient China. This may have had some connection to the Wa's image as head-hunters.

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Coordinates: 23°53′N 100°05′E / 23.883, 100.083

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