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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.

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Geography

Administrative division

Population

History

External links

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).

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.

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.

External links

★ Dehong local government site (in Chinese)

★ Dehong tuanjie bao (magazine in Chinese)

★ Dehong (from ''Xinhuanet.com'', in Chinese)