Meaning of Xishuangbanna | Babel Free

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An autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China.

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“After a drive⟳ of nearly ten hours, through small villages of thatched houses built on stilts, we stop⟳ on the last⟳ hairpin bend⟳ halfway down the mountain. Below, brilliant green and glistening wet⟳, lies Xishuangbanna, in China’s southernmost valley.”

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“In Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna Prefecture (pronounced she-shwang-ban-na), a cavalcade of bronze and stone elephant statues — some ferocious looking, others positively giddy — have⟳ been mounted on traffic islands and in front of new Thai-style shopping malls.”

“A herd then consisting of 16 elephants left their home in Xishuangbanna 300 km further south in March⟳ last⟳ year and eventually settled in a protected habitat in Puer.”

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