Postal code 678400 Area 2,987 km² Province Yunnan University Dehong Teachers College | Website www.ms.yn.gov.cn Local time Monday 8:37 AM Area code 0692 | |
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Country People's Republic of China Weather 13°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 55% Humidity Prefecture Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture Points of interest Mengbanaxi Wonders Garden L, Menghuanda Jiata, Dianxi Kangri Zhanzhe, Zhongmian Friendship Shu, Foguang Temple | ||
Mang or Mangshi (Chinese: 芒市), formerly named Luxi City (Chinese: 潞西市; pinyin: Lùxī Shì), 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.
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Map of Mangshi, Dehong, Yunnan, China
Name change
In 2008, 4751 people 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. 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.
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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.