Dehong
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Dehong Prefecture
Location of Dehong Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Country	China
Region	Yunnan
Prefecture	Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
County
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)	692
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 the west of Yunnan province in southwest China.

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: Lianghe (梁河县), Yingjiang County (盈江县), Longchuan (陇川县); Luxi City (潞西市) and Ruili (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.

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)

v • d • e Administrative subdivisions of Dehong Prefecture County-level cities Luxi · Ruili Counties Lianghe · Longchuan · Yingjiang See also: List of administrative divisions of Yunnan

v • d • e Yunnan Province History • Politics • Economy Prefecture-level cities Baoshan • Kunming • Lijiang • Lincang • Pu'er • Qujing • Yuxi • Zhaotong Autonomous prefectures Chuxiong • Dali • Dehong • Diqing • Honghe • Nujiang • Wenshan • Xishuangbanna See also: List of Yunnan County-level divisions

Coordinates: 24°26′N 98°35′E / 24.433, 98.583

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