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Where is Xishuangbanna located?

Xishuangbanna is located in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan.

Xishuangbanna is located in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan, 740 kilometers away from Kunming. Xishuangbanna Scenic Area includes three major areas: Jinghong City Scenic Area, Menghai County Scenic Area and Mengla County Scenic Area. There are several scenic spots in each area of ??Xishuangbanna. Xishuangbanna has 19 scenic spots, more than 800 scenic spots, and a total area of ??1202.13 square kilometers.

Xishuangbanna Scenic Area has unique landscape and high reputation. With the approval of the State Council in 1982, Xishuangbanna was designated as one of the first batch of national key scenic areas. Xishuangbanna is located on the northern edge of the tropics and has a tropical monsoon climate. Xishuangbanna governs 1 county-level city and 2 counties. In 2021, the ethnic minority population in Xishuangbanna was 790,300. The Dai people are the dominant ethnic group, and there are 13 ethnic groups living there.

Introduction to Xishuangbanna

Xishuangbanna has a wide variety of animal and plant resources, which is called the kingdom of animals and plants. Many of the rare, ancient, peculiar and endangered animals and plants in Xishuangbanna are unique to Xishuangbanna and have aroused great interest from domestic and foreign tourists and scientific researchers.

The landscape of Xishuangbanna is dominated by rich and charming tropical and subtropical rainforests, monsoon rainforests, ravine rainforest scenery, rare animals and colorful national culture and customs. Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, is a Dai Autonomous Prefecture and one of the eight ethnic minority autonomous prefectures in Yunnan Province. Its capital is located in Jinghong City. The land area is 19,124.5 square kilometers. It borders Pu'er City in the northeast and northwest, Laos in the southeast, and Myanmar in the southwest. The national border is 966.3 kilometers long.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Xishuangbanna