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Jinghong County

Jinghong
景洪市 · ᦋᦵᧂᦣᦳᧂᧈ · เชียงรุ่ง
County-level city
City of Jinghong, Yunnan, China in 2015.JPG
Location of Jinghong City (pink) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (yellow) and Yunnan
Location of Jinghong City (pink) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (yellow) and Yunnan
Jinghong is located in Yunnan
Jinghong
Jinghong
Location of the city centre in Yunnan
Coordinates: 21°59′N 100°49′E / 21.983°N 100.817°E / 21.983; 100.817
Country People's Republic of China
Province Yunnan
Prefecture Xishuangbanna
532801
Area
 • County-level city 7,133 km2 (2,754 sq mi)
Elevation 558 m (1,831 ft)
Population (2010)
 • County-level city 519,935
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Urban 205,000
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 666100
Area code(s) 0691
Climate Aw
Website www.jhs.gov.cn
1Yunnan Statistics Bureau [1]
2Xishuangbanna Gov. [2]
3Yunnan Portal [3]

Jinghong (Chinese: ; pinyin: Jǐnghóng; Dai / Tai Lü: ᦋᦵᧂᦣᦳᧂᧈ, pronounced [tsêŋhuŋ]; Thai: เชียงรุ่ง, pronounced [t͡ɕʰīaŋ rûŋ]; rtgsChiang Rung; also formerly romanised as Chiang Hung, Chengrung, Cheng 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.

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

During the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China, the Tai kingdom of Sipsongpanna began a close and long-lasting relationship to Lanna, another historic Tai kingdom that lay south. In 1296, Lanna's capital Chiang Mai was founded by Mangrai, whose maternal grandfather was King Rung Kaen Chai (lang-th|รุ้งแก่นชาย) of Jinghong (i.e.: Sipsongpanna).

The kingdoms of Sipsongpanna and Lanna maintained ties of migration, intermarriage and long distance trade over the subsequent centuries, though later, as Lanna's power grew, parts of the Sipsongpanna region fell under Lanna's control.


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