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Mường Thanh is a ward (phường) of Điện Biên Phủ in Điện Biên Province in northwestern Vietnam. It was a township of Điện Biên District before it was incorporated into Điện Biên Phủ city.

Mường Thanh
Ward
Country	Vietnam
Province	Điện Biên
District	Điện Biên Phủ
Area
• Total	1.7231 km2 (0.6653 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	11,740
• Density	6,813/km2 (17,650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time)

Mường Thanh is named after Muang Theng or Müang Thaeng, which was, according to the Khun Borom creation myth, the original home of the Tai peoples (Lao, Thai, Shan, upland Tai peoples).

Until the 1950s, Mường Thanh was the centre of an autonomous chiefdom of the Tai Dam ("Black Tai"), one of the 12 cantons of the confederation Sip Song Chau Tai.[1]

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