Mang City
| Mang 芒市 | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
  Mang Location in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 24°27′N 98°36′E / 24.450°N 98.600°ECoordinates: 24°27′N 98°36′E / 24.450°N 98.600°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Dehong |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,987 km2 (1,153 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 343,400 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 678400 |
| Area code(s) | 0692 |
| Website |
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Mang or Mangshi (Chinese: 芒市), formerly named Luxi City (Chinese: 潞西市; pinyin: Lùxī Shì),[1] is a county-level city of Dehong Prefecture, in the west of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It is the prefectural seat, and in 1996, Luxi was upgraded to a county-level city.
Name change
In 2008, 4751 people[1] participated in a public opinion survey in favour of restoring the historical name (Mang City), with 96.96% supporting a name change to Mang City.[1] In 2010, the name of the county-level city was formally changed, becoming the very first single-character (excluding the word for city, "市") city in mainland China.
Climate
| Climate data for Mang City | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
17 (62) |
21 (69) |
25 (77) |
26 (78) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
23 (73) |
20 (68) |
17 (62) |
15 (59) |
21.1 (69.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2 (35) |
3 (37) |
6 (42) |
10 (50) |
15 (59) |
17 (62) |
17 (62) |
16 (60) |
14 (57) |
11 (51) |
7 (44) |
3 (37) |
10.1 (49.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15 (0.6) |
20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
38 (1.5) |
99 (3.9) |
178 (7.0) |
185 (7.3) |
170 (6.7) |
114 (4.5) |
69 (2.7) |
36 (1.4) |
15 (0.6) |
959 (37.8) |
| Source: Weatherbase[2] | |||||||||||||
Transport
Sports
Association football is the most popular sport in Mangshi. Table tennis and basketball are also popular. The 15,000-capacity Dehong Stadium is the largest sports venue by capacity in the city.
References
- 1 2 3 国务院正式批复同意潞西更名为芒市 (in Chinese). Yunnan Xinhua. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ↑ "Historical Weather for Luxi, Yunnan, China". Weatherbase. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
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