Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
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The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (Zaiwa
：; Chinese
: 德宏傣族景颇族自治州; pinyin
: Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú zìzhìzhōu) is located in Yunnan
province, China
.
:
The prefectural
government seat is Mang City
.
, 51.83% were national minorities, mostly Dai
and Jingpo.
In 1960 when farmers from many provinces in China
came to Yunnan
to farm bananas many Hunan
ese farmers rebuilt a place, a very long time ago before this many Chinese were in fact very scared of going there because of an illness that lurked there. It was later discovered that it was a tropical disease, these farmers helped to get rid of the disease. They made clearings, roads and made space for fields and plantations. This was during the great leap forward when a biologist working for Mao Zedong
wrote an article about the weather in Yunnan being very suitable for banana
s to be planted.
Zaiwa language
Zaiwa is a language spoken in parts of China and Burma. There are around 100,000 speakers. It is also known as Atsi, its name in Jingpo. Zaiwa is a member of the Burmish languages.-References:...
：; Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
: 德宏傣族景颇族自治州; pinyin
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú zìzhìzhōu) is located in Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
province, China
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 citiesCounty-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
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| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mang City Mang City Mang City , formerly named Luxi City , is a county-level city in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.It is the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture... |
芒市 | Máng Shì | 389,891 | 2,987 | 131 | |
| 2 | Ruili City | 瑞丽市 | Ruìlì Shì | 180,627 | 1,020 | 177 | |
| 3 | Lianghe County Lianghe County Lianghe County is located in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, southwest China.-External links:*... |
梁河县 | Liánghé Xiàn | 154,175 | 1,159 | 133 | |
| 4 | Yingjiang County Yingjiang County Yingjiang County is a county in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, southwestern China.- Geography :Yingjiang county has a border of 214.6 km with Kachin State, Myanmar in the west. Danzha River and Binglangjiang River meet each other near Jiucheng and change the name to Dayingjiang... |
盈江县 | Yíngjiāng Xiàn | 305,167 | 4,429 | 69 | |
| 5 | Longchuan County | 陇川县 | Lǒngchuān Xiàn | 181,580 | 1,931 | 94 |
The prefectural
Prefecture (China)
The term Prefectures, or the more formal prefectural level divisions, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. Other than provincial level divisions, prefectural level divisions are not mentioned in the Chinese constitution...
government seat is Mang City
Mang City
Mang City , formerly named Luxi City , is a county-level city in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.It is the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture...
.
Population
The population of Dehong in 2003 was of 1.02 million, 48.17% of whom were Han ChineseHan Chinese
Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...
, 51.83% were national minorities, mostly Dai
Dai people
The Dai peoples is one of several ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture , but by extension can apply to groups in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma when Dai is used to mean specifically Tai Lue, Chinese Shan or even...
and Jingpo.
History
The area was declared an autonomous region in 1953 and in May 1956 became an autonomous prefecture.In 1960 when farmers from many provinces in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
came to Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
to farm bananas many Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
ese farmers rebuilt a place, a very long time ago before this many Chinese were in fact very scared of going there because of an illness that lurked there. It was later discovered that it was a tropical disease, these farmers helped to get rid of the disease. They made clearings, roads and made space for fields and plantations. This was during the great leap forward when a biologist working for Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
wrote an article about the weather in Yunnan being very suitable for banana
Banana
Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
s to be planted.
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)