The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州; pinyin: Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú zìzhìzhōu) is located in Yunnan province, China.

Geography

Dehong stretches 122 km (~73 statute miles) from east to west and 170 km (~103 miles) from north to south, its area is 11,526 km² (~4150 mi²).

Administration

Dehong is divided into three counties and two county level cities: Lianghe County (梁河县), Yingjiang County (盈江县), Longchuan County (陇川县); Luxi City (潞西市) and Ruili City (瑞丽市).

The prefectural government seat is Luxi City.

Population

The population of Dehong is 1.02 million, 48.17% of whom are Han Chinese, 51.83% are national minorities, mostly Dai and Jingpo.

History

The area was declared an autonomous region in 1953 and in May 1956 became an autonomous prefecture.