Jinghong County
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Jinghong 景洪市 ·  · เชียงรุ่ง
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.png) Location of Jinghong City (pink) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (yellow) and Yunnan |
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 Jinghong
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| Coordinates: 21°59′N 100°49′E / 21.983°N 100.817°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Xishuangbanna |
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| • 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 |
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1Yunnan Statistics Bureau [1] 2Xishuangbanna Gov. [2] 3Yunnan Portal [3] |
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Jinghong (Chinese: ; pinyin: Jǐnghóng; Dai / Tai Lü: , pronounced [tsêŋhuŋ]; Thai: เชียงรุ่ง, pronounced [t͡ɕʰīaŋ rûŋ]; rtgs: Chiang 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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