Mangshi

Mangshi is a city nestled along the China-Myanmar border, that is a microcosm of 's rich ethnic minority cultures and a vital gateway to Southeast Asia.
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  • Type: City with 440,000 residents
  • Description: county-level city
  • Also known as: Lu-hsi Hsien”, “Luxi Shi”, “Luxi Xian”, “Mang City”, “Mang-shih”, “Mang-shih-chieh”, “Mangshi City”, and “Mönghkwan
  • Historically known as: Lu-hsi”, “Lu-hsi-hsien”, and “Luxi

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Hall of Mangshi and Menghuan Pagoda.

Historic building
is a historic building.

Buddhist temple
is a Buddhist temple.

Buddhist temple
is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menghuan Subdistrict and Mangshi.

Town
is an urban subdistrict in Mangshi, , . As of the 2017 census it had a population of 171,195 and an area of 23.15 square kilometres.

Town
Town is an urban town in , , . As of the 2017 census it had a population of 46,223 and an area of 359 square kilometres. It borders Xiangda Township and Longshan Town in the north and east, and FengpingTown and Xuangang Township in the west and south.

Mangshi

Latitude
24.4369° or 24° 26′ 13″ north
Longitude
98.5887° or 98° 35′ 19″ east
Population
440,000
Elevation
885 metres (2,904 feet)
IATA airport code
LUM
Open location code
7MPWCHPQ+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469623710
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280623
Wiki­data ID
Q1023762
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Mangshi” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Mangshi
  • Bengali: মাংশি
  • Burmese: မန်စီမြို့
  • Chinese: Bông-chhī
  • Chinese: Máng Shì
  • Chinese: 潞西
  • Chinese: 潞西县
  • Chinese: 潞西市
  • Chinese: 潞西設治局
  • Chinese: 芒市
  • Czech: Mang-š‘
  • Dutch: Luxi
  • Dutch: Mangshi
  • Finnish: Mangshi
  • French: Luxi
  • French: Mangshi
  • Gan Chinese: 芒市
  • German: Luxi
  • German: Mang
  • German: Mangshi
  • Italian: Mangshi
  • Japanese: ロ西市
  • Japanese: 潞西市
  • Japanese: 潞西県
  • Japanese: 潞西設治局
  • Japanese: 芒市
  • Kikuyu: Mang City
  • Kikuyu: Mangshi
  • Korean: 루시 시
  • Korean: 망시
  • Literary Chinese: 芒市
  • Min Nan Chinese: Bông-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Luxi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mang
  • Norwegian: Mang
  • Polish: Luxi
  • Polish: Mang
  • Polish: Mangshi
  • Russian: Манши
  • Spanish: Mangshi
  • Swedish: Mang, Dehong
  • Swedish: Mang
  • Tai Nüa: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥖᥭᥰ ᥞᥝᥰ ᥙᥥᥢ ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥑᥩᥢᥲ
  • Thai: หมางชื่อ
  • Turkish: Mangshi
  • Ukrainian: Манши
  • Urdu: مانگ شہر
  • Vietnamese: Lộ Tây
  • Vietnamese: Mang, Đức Hoành
  • Vietnamese: Mang
  • Wu Chinese: 芒市
  • Yue Chinese: 芒市

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