Yiwu () is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Mengla County
Mengla County (; Tai Lue: , ''Mueang La''; , ; ) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. ''Meng'' is a variation of ''Mueang''.
Name
"Mongla", "Mengla" and "Meun ...
,
Xishuangbanna
Xishuangbanna, sometimes shortened to Banna, is one of the eight autonomous prefectures of Yunnan Province. The autonomous prefecture for Dai people is in the extreme south of Yunnan province, China, bordering both Myanmar and Laos. Xishuangbanna ...
prefecture,
Yunnan
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province
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, China, bordering
Laos
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's
Phôngsali
Phongsali or Phongsaly () is the capital of Phongsaly Province, Laos. It is the northernmost provincial capital in Laos.
Languages
Climate
Phongsali has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Cwa'').
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to the east.
Yiwu was established as a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in 1988. It merged Manla Township () on 30 September 2004, and was re-organized as a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in January 2015.
References
Township-level divisions of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
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