The native name literally means "twelve thousand rice fields".
Xishuangbanna is the home of the Dai people. The region sits at a lower altitude than most of Yunnan, and has a tropical climate. It is fast becoming a sought after tourist destination.
Administrative subdivisions
Infobox Settlement
|official_name = Xishuangbanna Prefecture
|other_name =
|native_name =
|motto =
|image_skyline =
|imagesize =
|image_caption =
|image_flag =
|flag_size =
|image_seal =
|seal_size =
|image_map = Location of Xishuangbanna Prefecture within Yunnan .png
|mapsize = 300px
|map_caption = Location of Xishuangbanna Prefecture within Yunnan province of China
|image_map1 =
|mapsize1 =
|map_caption1 =
|image_dot_map =
|dot_mapsize =
|dot_map_caption =
|dot_x = |dot_y =
|pushpin_map =
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption =
|pushpin_mapsize =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name =
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Yunnan
|subdivision_type2 =
|subdivision_name2 = Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
|subdivision_type3 =
|subdivision_name3 =
|subdivision_type4 =
|subdivision_name4 =
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 =
|leader_title2 =
|leader_name2 =
|leader_title3 =
|leader_name3 =
|leader_title4 =
|leader_name4 =
|established_title =
|established_date =
|established_title2 =
|established_date2 =
|established_title3 =
|established_date3 =
|area_magnitude =
|unit_pref =
|area_footnotes =
|area_total_km2 =19700
|area_land_km2 =
|population_as_of =
|population_footnotes =
|population_note =
|population_total =993397
|population_density_km2 =auto
|population_density_sq_mi =
|population_blank1_title =
|population_blank1 =
|population_density_blank1_km2 =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
|population_blank2_title =
|population_blank2 =
|timezone =
|utc_offset =
|timezone_DST =
|utc_offset_DST =
|latd=|latm=|lats= |latNS=
|longd= |longm=|longs=|longEW=
|elevation_footnotes =