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Jinghong
City is located in the middle of Xishuangbanna Dai Minority People's
Autonomous Prefecture, borders on Myanmar, is the political, economic, cultural and traffic
center of Xishuangbanna, has an area of 7133 square kilometers and
population of 350 thousand. The nationalities living in Jinghong include Han, Dai, Hani, Jinuo, Lahu, Bulang, Yi and Yao. Lunan Shan
Mountain has an elevation of 2196 meters, is the highest point in
Jinghong, the lowest point is where the Mekong flows out of China,
altitude there is only 485 meters. Jinghong has a tropical climate and
plenty of rainfall, annual average temperature is 21.7 degrees
Centigrade. Jinghong abounds with rice, natural rubber, tea and
cardamom. Convenient traffic conditions is the greatest advantages of
Jinghong, of total 3 international ports of prefecture, Jinghong are
possessed of
two, the international airport and International Jinghong Port on the Mekong,
which make this small town an open gate to the Southeast Asia.
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