Mường Nhé District
On 25 August 2012, the eastern portion of the district was carved out to form Nậm Pồ district.
Geography
Administrative divisions
Mường Nhé district is divided into 11 rural communes, including:
- Chung Chải
- Huổi Lếch
- Leng Su Sìn
- Mường Nhé (district capital)
- Mường Toong
- Nậm Kè
- Nậm Vì
- Pá Mỳ
- Quảng Lâm
- Sen Thượng
- Sín Thầu
History
The district was established on 14 January 2002.
In late April 2011, 7,000 people, most of them ethnic Hmong Christians, demonstrated against the government in Huổi Khon and neighboring villages, some of whom were calling for an independent Hmong kingdom. Police and army were quick to dissipate the unrest.
On 13 March 2012, eight ethnic Hmong men who allegedly traveled 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".
References
- ^ "Mường Nhé (District, Điện Biên, Vietnam) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Thousands of Hmong stage rare Vietnam protest". Reuters. 2011-05-06.
- ^ "Vietnam, Laos: Attack Helicopters Unleashed Death on Hmong". 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Vietnam jails eight for 'millenarian uprising'". Financial Times. 14 March 2012.