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Jinghong (; ; ; , , ; , ; , ; also formerly romanised as Chiang Hung, Chengrung, Cheng Hung, Jeng Hung, Jinghung, Keng Hung, Kiang Hung and Muangjinghung) is a city in and the seat of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of China's Yunnan province, and the historic capital of the former Tai kingdom of Sipsongpanna.

Key facts

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Jinghong
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County-level city
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Lancang River bank in Jinghong
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景洪市位置图.svg
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250px
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Location of Jinghong City (red) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan
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Yunnan#China
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Location of the city centre in Yunnan
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Xishuangbanna Prefecture government
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Country
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China
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Province
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Yunnan
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Autonomous prefecture
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Xishuangbanna

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Wikidata facts

Official name
ᦵᦋᧂ ᦣᦳᧂᧈ ᦉᦹᧈ
Country
China
Population
642737
Area
6867
Elevation
558
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Capital of
Chiang Hung
Official website
www.jhs.gov.cn
Image
City of Jinghong, Yunnan, China in 2015.JPG
Dialing code
691
Licence plate code
云K
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Commons category
Jinghong
postal code
666100
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Kingdom of [[Chiang Hung]] (Sipsongpanna)
  • Geography and climate
  • Administrative divisions
  • Transport
  • Places of interest
  • Notable people
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Jinghong (; ; ; , , ; , ; , ; also formerly romanised as Chiang Hung, Chengrung, Cheng Hung, Jeng Hung, Jinghung, Keng Hung, Kiang Hung and Muangjinghung) is a city in and the seat of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of China's Yunnan province, and the historic capital of the former Tai kingdom of Sipsongpanna.

==History== The town was founded as Chiang Hung (Cheli), by Tai king Phanya Coeng in 1180.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jinghong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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