Demographics
With censuses in the year 2000 Xishuangbanna had 993,397 inhabitants with a population density of 50.43 inhabitants per km². According to the 2000 national census, Dai people make up the majority at 29.89%, with the Han people coming in at a close second 29.11%.
Most of the businesses are owned by the Han, and commercial signs in the capital Jinghong, which were earlier Tai/Chinese bilingual, are now almost solely in Chinese. However, the Dai villagers have also prospered as landlords, often renting out their livestock quarters to Han migrants as the area undergoes rapid urbanization.
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