Mangshi City
Mangshi (; ; Jingpho: ), former name Luxi (), is a county-level city and the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in western Yunnan province, China. Mangshi has an area of , with an urban area of . Han Chinese, Dai people (Tai Nuea branch) and Jingpo people (Zaiwa branch) are the major ethnic groups. Luxi County was established in 1949, and became a county-level city in 1996.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mangshi
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Other
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- Pinyin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
- Tai Nuea
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type4
- Jingpho
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type5
- Burmese
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type6
- Thai
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.etymology
- Evolved form the ethnic name "" (Mangshi)
- Settlement.nickname
- city of dawn
- Settlement.image_map
- 芒市位置图.svg
Article
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistory–14th century
- 14th century–1911
- Ming dynasty
- Qing dynasty
- 1911–1949
- 1949–present
- Geography
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Population
- Culture
- Transport
- Society
- Tourism
- Friendly cities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Mangshi (; ; Jingpho: ), former name Luxi (), is a county-level city and the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in western Yunnan province, China. Mangshi has an area of , with an urban area of . Han Chinese, Dai people (Tai Nuea branch) and Jingpo people (Zaiwa branch) are the major ethnic groups. Luxi County was established in 1949, and became a county-level city in 1996.
==Etymology== thumb|left|A stone with "芒市" script on the north entry roundabout of the city
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On the map
2 mapped locations