Mangka Town () is a rural

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Cangyuan Va Autonomous County Cangyuan Va Autonomous County (; Va: ) is under the administration of Lincang City, in the southwest of Yunnan province, China. Wa/Va people are the main inhabitants here. Wa language Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa ...

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. It is surrounded by Mengding Town on the north,

Namtit Subtownship Namtit Subtownship (; Wa: nām dēeg) is a subtownship of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Hopang District. Its principal town is Namtit. It is ''de facto'' administrated as the Nam Deeg Special ...

on the west, Banhong Township on the east, and Banlao Township on the south. it had a population of 13,689 and an area of . This area is inhabited by

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, Wa and

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Name

The word Mangka is transliteration in Dai language. "Mang" means stockaded village and "Ka" means thatch.

History

On June 18, 1941, The Banhong Village and its western area are classified into

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territory. On January 25, 1960, China and Burma sign bilateral boundary division agreements, the boundary of the two countries was determined. In 1984, Nanla District was established. In 1988, it was incorporated as a township. In 2002, it was upgraded to a town. In 2013, the Huguang Village was listed among the second group of Chinese traditional villages.

Administrative division

As of 2017, the town is divided into 9 villages: Manggang Village, Haiya Village, Koumeng Village, Nanla Village, Laipian Village, Baiyan Village, Huguang Village, Jiaoshan Village and Nanjing Village.

Geography

The highest point in the town is Mount Huguangzhai () which stands above sea level. The lowest point is the river mouth of Nanding River. The Nanding River () and Xiaohei River (), tributaries of the

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, flow directly through the town. Mangka is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of and total annual rainfall of .

Economy

The town's main industries are agriculture, mining and ranching. The mineral resources here are

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and

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Education

The town has ten primary schools and one middle school.

Transportation

The Nancang Road () passes across the town. The town is connected to the G30 Linqing Expressway ().

References

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