Menghai County (; Tai Lu: ᨾᩮᩨ᩠ᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ ''Meng Haai'' lo, ເມືອງຮາຍ) is a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
under the jurisdiction of
, in the far south of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
, China, bordering
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
's
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
to the southwest. ''Meng'' is as variation of ''
Mueang
Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principal ...
''.
Ethnic groups
In and around Menghai County, ethnic
Hani subgroups include:
*Jiuwei () (Dai exonym: Buli ; large population): villages include Nanzhong of Mengjing , Longnapa of Damenglong , and Baiya Menggun , Menghai County.
*Jizuo () (small population): villages include Mengbozhai of Menghan
*
Muda
Muda or MUDA or MuDA may refer to:
People
* Sultan Muda (1579–1579), nominal Sultan of Aceh
* Tycho Muda (born 1988), Dutch rower
* Vincent Muda (born 1988), Dutch rower
Places
* Muda, Estonia, a village
* Mudá, Spain
*Muda River, Malaysi ...
() (also locally known as the Nanlin )
Administrative divisions
Menghai County has 6 towns 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships.
;6 towns
;2 townships
*
Mengsong ()
*
Mengwang ()
;3 ethnic townships
*
Gelanghe Hani ()
*
Bulangshan Bulang ()
*
Xiding Hani and Bulang ()
Transport
*Nearest airport is
Xishuangbanna Gasa
*
China National Highway 214
China National Highway 214 (G214) runs from Xining, Qinghai to Jinghong, Yunnan. It is 3,256 kilometres in length and runs south from Xining towards Tibet, and ends in Yunnan Province.
Route and distance
See also
* China National Highways
Ext ...
*
Asian Highway Network AH3 (alternative route) with a
border crossing
Border control refers to measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders. While border control is typically associated with international borders, it a ...
into
Myanmar
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at Daluo. The town on the Myanmar side of the border is
Mong La
Mong La or Mongla ( my, မိုင်းလား ; zh, c=勐拉, p=Měnglā), also known as Little Mong La ( zh, c=小勐拉, p=Xiǎo Měnglā, links=no) to distinguish it from neighbouring Mengla County in China, is the administrative seat of ...
where the road continues to
Kengtung
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Tea
Menghai is famous for its Bulang tea, a type of
pu-erh
''Pu'er'' or ''pu-erh'' is a variety of fermented tea traditionally produced in Yunnan Province, China. In the context of traditional Chinese tea production terminology, fermentation refers to microbial fermentation (called 'wet piling'), and ...
grown in the Bulang Mountain area and its environs. Famous plantations include Laoman'e, Xinbanzhang and Laobanzhang.
Climate
References
Further reading
*Jacobs, Andrew
EMBARGO: In once-booming tea region, a bitter reality ''
International Herald Tribune''. (2009-01-09)
External links
Menghai County Official Website
County-level divisions of Xishuangbanna Prefecture
China–Myanmar border crossings
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