Lin Cang City

Lincang Prefecture, population 2.3 million, is 372 miles from Kunming in southwestern Yunnan. Lincang is primary home to the Wa people who inhabit the border areas close to Burma on the Southwest. In addition to the Wa, Yi, Thai, Bulang, Deang and Lahu people are also well represented. To the east of Lincang is the Lacang River also known as the Mekong River. The Lacang River should not be confused with the town of Lacang in neighboring Xishuangbanna.

Though still mostly invisible on the radar of foreign tourists, Lincang is attracting increasing numbers of people for its mountain scenery, tea plantations, ancient cliff paintings Wa culture and simple and relatively undisturbed cultural life and historical relics.

Population: 2,318,000
Area: 24,469 square kilometer