Nuozhadu () is a town 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 30,419 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into ten villages: *Yaofangba () *Yakou () *Nanxian () *Huangbahe () *Mengkuang () *Xiangshuihe () *Biandanshan () *Longshan () *Luoshuidong () *Qianmai ()

History

In the

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(1644–1911), it came under the jurisdiction of Dayakou Tusi (). In 1940, it belonged to the 3rd District. That same year, the 3rd District was revoked and it belonged to Xinya Township (). In 1949, it came under the jurisdiction of Ningjiang County (). In 1953, Ningjiang County was revoked and Yakou District () was set up. In 1969 it was renamed "Xianfeng Commune" () and then "Yakou Commune" () in 1971. In 1988, Yakou Township () was incorporated. In 1998, China and the

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have set up "Nuozhadu Provincial Nature Reserve" in the region to protect

wild animal Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted fo ...

. In January 2006, the villages of Longshan (), Qianmai () and Luoshuidong () were merged into Nuozhadu and it was upgraded to a town.

Geography

The town is situated at eastern

. It borders Nanling Township and

Qianliu Yi Ethnic Township Qianliu Yi Ethnic Township () is an ethnic township in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 43,031 and an area of . Administrative division As of 2016, the township is divided into fifteen vil ...

in the north, in the east, Fazhanhe Hani Ethnic Township and Menghai County in the south, and Menglang Town in the west. The town experiences a subtropical mountain monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , a frost-free period of 326 days, and annual average sunshine hours in 2100 hours. There are nine rivers and streams in the town, such as the Black River (), Qianmai River (), Nanting River (), and Xiangshui River ().

Economy

The economy of the town has a predominantly agricultural orientation, including farming and pig-breeding. Economic crops are mainly

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

, natural rubber, Lanxangia tsaoko, and

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

. The region abounds with gold,

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

, and

zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodi ...

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 town's population now to be 30,419.

Tourist attractions

Mengkuang Cliff Carvings of the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

(1271–1368) () is a provincial cultural relic preservation organ. And Yakou Government Site () is a county level cultural relic preservation organ.

Transportation

The National Highway G214 passes across the town east to west.

References

Bibliography

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