Definition of "Xishuangbanna"

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.

1980 , Jan Bredsdorff, translated by Alice Roughton, Revolution tur/retur [To China and Back]‎, New York: Pantheon Books, pages 164–165

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.

2014 April 25, Andrew Jacobs, “In Land That Values Ivory, Wild Elephants Find a Safe Haven”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2014-04-26, Asia Pacific‎

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.

2021 August 9, David Stanway, “China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek”, in Tom Hogue, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 10 August 2021‎