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Yiwu, Mengla County
Town in Yunnan, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yiwu (Chinese: 易武; pinyin: Yìwǔ) is a town in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Laos's Phôngsali to the east.
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Yiwu
易武镇 | |
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Coordinates: 21°58′42″N 101°28′16″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Yunnan |
Autonomous prefecture | Xishuangbanna |
County | Mengla |
Area | |
• Total | 878.2 km2 (339.1 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,471 |
• Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 666306 |
Area code | 0691 |
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Yiwu was established as a township in 1988. It merged Manla Township (曼腊彝族瑶族乡) on 30 September 2004,[1] and was re-organized as a town in January 2015.[2][3]
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