Yiwu, Mengla County
Yiwu
易武镇 | |
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![]() ![]() Yiwu Location in Yunnan | |
Coordinates: 21°58′42″N 101°28′16″E / 21.9784°N 101.4710°ECoordinates: 21°58′42″N 101°28′16″E / 21.9784°N 101.4710°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Yunnan |
Autonomous prefecture | Xishuangbanna |
County | Mengla |
Area [citation needed] | |
• Total | 878.2 km2 (339.1 sq mi) |
Population (2007)[citation needed] | |
• Total | 13,471 |
• Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 666306 |
Area code(s) | 0691 |
Yiwu (Chinese: 易武; pinyin: Yìwŭ) is a town in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Laos's Phôngsali to the east.
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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Xinzhai-street.jpg/220px-Xinzhai-street.jpg)
The dirt highway, one of the two streets in the village, running north-south through Xinzhai village, Yiwu. The only road apart from the highway runs to the border.(November 2004)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Xinzhai-sign.jpg/220px-Xinzhai-sign.jpg)
The township sign of Xinzhai village, Yiwu, in Dai and Chinese scripts. (November 2004)
References[]
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- Township-level divisions of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
- Yunnan geography stubs