Ruili

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ruili (simp.: 瑞丽市; trad.: 瑞麗市; Pinyin: Ruìlì Shì) is a Chinese city with approximately 110,000 inhabitants and an area of 860 km² in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province (southwest of the China).

An older name of Ruili is Měngmǎo (勐卯); ruì means "fortunate", and lì means "beautiful".

Ruili is on the border with Myanmar. 64% of the population of Ruili are members of five highland and lowland ethnic minorities including Dai, Jingpo, Deang, Lisu, Achang. It is an important location for trade with Myanmar, in both legal and illegal goods and services. Prostitution and drug trade in the city are also not uncommon.[1]

Han Chinese and Dai mostly live in the valley, in the city; Jingpo and Deang live mostly in the outskirts in the surrounding hills.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=4333&z=104

[edit] External links