Yiwu
易武镇
Town
Yiwu is located in Yunnan
Yiwu
Yiwu
Location in Yunnan
Coordinates: 21°58′42″N 101°28′16″E / 21.9784°N 101.4710°E / 21.9784; 101.4710
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureXishuangbanna
CountyMengla
Area
 • Total878.2 km2 (339.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total13,471
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
666306
Area code0691

Yiwu (Chinese: 易武; pinyin: Yìwǔ) 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]

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)
The township sign of Xinzhai village, Yiwu, in Dai and Chinese scripts. (November 2004)

References

  1. ↑ 勐腊县历史沿革 (in Chinese). xzqh.org. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ↑ 易武镇 (in Chinese). xzqh.org. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ↑ 云南省人民政府关于同意勐腊县易武乡撤乡设镇的批复 (in Chinese). Yunnan Government. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.


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