Mường Nhé District

Mường Nhé District
Huyện Mường Nhé
Rural district

District location in northern Vietnam
Country  Vietnam
Region Northwest
Province Điện Biên
Capital Mường Nhé
Area
 • Total 968 sq mi (2,508 km2)
Population (2003)
 • Total 34,829
Time zone UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time)

Mường Nhé is a rural district of Điện Biên Province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 34,829.[1] The district covers an area of 2,508 km². The district capital lies at Mường Nhé.[1] It contains the 182,000 hectare Mường Nhé Nature Reserve.

Geography

Administrative divisions

Muong Nhe has 16 administrative units, including one town and 15 communes:

2011 Mường Nhé incident

In late April 2011, 7,000 people, most of them ethnic Hmong Christians demonstrated against the government in Huoi Khon and neighboring villages, some of whom were calling for an independent Hmong kingdom[2]Police and army, allegedly equipped with attack helicopters, were quick to dissipate the unrest[3]

On 13 March 2012, eight ethnic Hmong men who allegedly travelled to Mường Nhé in 2011 to pray and await the arrival of a new king were jailed for up to 30 months, having been found guilty of "disturbing public order" by attempting to set up an independent Hmong kingdom in Mường Nhé. The government media claimed the culprits were illiterate and blamed the unrest to a "millenarian plot".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/uk-vietnam-hmong-protest-idUKTRE7450Q120110506. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/vietnam-laos-attack-helicopters-unleashed-death-on-hmong/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/afd46244-6db1-11e1-b98d-00144feab49a.html#axzz2HenSGmap

Coordinates: 22°11′30″N 102°27′20″E / 22.19167°N 102.45556°E / 22.19167; 102.45556

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