Nanling Township () is a township in

Lancang Lahu Autonomous County Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (; Lahu: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southwestern Yunnan province, China. Lancang is the same as Lan Xang, and refers to the Mekong River (known in Chinese as the Lancang) on i ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, 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 ...

, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 24,059 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the township is divided into eight villages: *Huanghui () *Mangnong () *Mengbing () *Xiananxian () *Qianzhe () *Mangfu () *Mengkan () *Mali ()

History

In 1940, it belonged to the 4th District and then the Daling Township (). After the founding of the Communist State in 1949, Nanling District () was set up. During the

Great Leap Forward The Great Leap Forward (Second Five Year Plan) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruc ...

, its name was changed to Wensheng Commune () in 1969 and then Nanling Commune () in 1971. It was incorporated as a township in 1988.

Geography

It lies at the central of

, bordering

Zhutang Township Zhutang may refer to the following places in mainland China or Taiwan: * Zhutang, Jiangyin (祝塘镇), town in Jiangyin Jiangyin (, Jiangyin dialect: ) is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and is administered by Wuxi ...

to the west, Menglang Town to the southwest, Nuozhadu Town to the south,

Fubang Township Fubang Township () is a township in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 21,000 and an area of . Etymology The name "Fubang" () comes from the first word of the village name "Fuyong" () and "B ...

and Donghe Township to the north, and Qianliu Yi Ethnic Township to the east. There are major four rivers and streams in the township, namely the Mangnong River (), Qianzhe River (), Mengkan River (), and the Black River ().

Economy

The economy is supported primarily by farming, ranching and forestry. Economic crops are mainly peanut, tea, fruit, and bean.

Demographics

As of 2017, the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of stati ...

estimates the township's population now to be 24,059.

References

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