Yiwu was established as a township in 1988. It merged Manla Township (曼腊彝族瑶族乡) on 30 September 2004, and was re-organized as a town in January 2015.
The dirt highway, one of the two streets in the village, running north–south through Xinzhai village, Yiwu. The only road apart from the highway runs to the border.(November 2004)The township sign of Xinzhai village, Yiwu, in Dai and Chinese scripts. (November 2004)
References
^勐腊县历史沿革 (in Chinese). xzqh.org. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^易武镇 (in Chinese). xzqh.org. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
