Which city in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna? What are the local specialties of Xishuangbanna?

Xishuangbanna is famous for its tropical rainforest natural landscape and ethnic customs. It is one of China's hot tourist cities. It has the only tropical rainforest nature reserve in my country, a national ecological demonstration area, a national scenic spot, and which city in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna? Are you familiar with it?

Contents of this article

1. Which city in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna?

2. What are the local specialties of Xishuangbanna?

3. What is the climate in Xishuangbanna?

Which city in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna?

Xishuangbanna is an autonomous prefecture and prefecture-level administrative region of Yunnan Province. It is one of the eight autonomous prefectures in Yunnan Province. Its capital is Jinghong City. It is located at the southernmost tip of Yunnan Province and belongs to the tropical humid zone south of the Tropic of Cancer. Xishuangbanna has a warm and humid climate all year round, with no four seasons, only dry and wet seasons.

Xishuangbanna is located on the northern edge of the tropics and has a tropical monsoon climate. Xishuangbanna has jurisdiction over one county-level city and two counties. In 2019, the ethnic minority population in Xishuangbanna was 790,300, with the Dai being the main ethnic group, and 13 ethnic groups living there.

Xishuangbanna is the area with the most intact tropical ecosystem in China. It has China's only tropical rainforest nature reserve. It is a national ecological demonstration area, a national scenic spot, and a member of the United Nations Biodiversity Conservation Area.

Xishuangbanna is world-famous for its tropical rainforest natural scenery and ethnic minority customs. It is one of China's hot tourist cities and has won honors such as China's most internationally influential tourist destination and one of the world's 12 hottest tourist destinations.

What are the local specialties of Xishuangbanna?

1. Tea Xishuangbanna is one of the oldest tea origins in China. In Menghai, there is an ancient tea tree that is over 700 years old. The six famous Pu'er tea mountains are all in Banna.

2. Coffee: Small-grain coffee is an important coffee variety in Xishuangbanna, with a rich aroma and a unique flavor.

3. Tropical fruits: There are many kinds of tropical fruits in Banna, and fruits are available all year round, including bananas, pineapples, mangoes, sour plums, tamarinds, grapefruits, carambolas, ox heart fruits, jackfruits, lychees, longans, coconuts, goat milk fruits, sour doyi, papayas, mangosteens, sweet horns, olives and passion fruit, etc.

4. Medicinal materials: Many exotic medicinal materials grow in the tropical rain forest of Banna.

What is the climate in Xishuangbanna?

Xishuangbanna has a tropical rainforest climate, with neither scorching heat in summer nor severe cold in winter, and warm and pleasant weather all year round.

The tropical rainforest climate is also known as the "equatorial rainy climate". It is mainly distributed between 10° north and south latitude on both sides of the equator (near the equator). It is hot and rainy all year round, with an average monthly temperature of 25-28°C and an annual precipitation of more than 2,000 mm. The seasons are evenly distributed, with no dry period.