| Dehong Prefecture | |
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| — Autonomous prefecture — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Characters | 德宏傣族景颇族自治州 |
| - Pinyin | Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú zìzhìzhōu |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Admin HQ | Luxi |
| Area | |
| - Total | 11,526 km2 (4,450.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 1,165,000 |
| - Density | 101.1/km2 (261.8/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 678400 |
| Area code(s) | 0692 |
| Website | http://www.dh.gov.cn |
The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州; pinyin: Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú zìzhìzhōu) is located in Yunnan province, China.
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Geography
Dehong stretches 122 km (~73 statute miles) from east to west and 170 km (~103 miles) from north to south, its area is 11,526 km² (~4150 mi²).
Administration
Dehong is divided into three counties and two county level cities: Lianghe County (梁河县), Yingjiang County (盈江县), Longchuan County (陇川县); Luxi City (潞西市) and Ruili City (瑞丽市).
The prefectural government seat is Luxi City.
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.
History
The area was declared an autonomous region in 1953 and in May 1956 became an autonomous prefecture.
Further reading
- Luo, Yongxian. A Grammar of Dehong, Southwest China. Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1999. ISBN 0858834960
External links
- Dehong local government site (in Chinese)
- Dehong tuanjie bao (magazine in Chinese)
- Dehong (from Xinhuanet.com, in Chinese)
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Coordinates: 24°26′N 98°35′E / 24.433°N 98.583°E
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