Menghai County (; Tai Lu: ᨾᩮᩨ᩠ᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ ''Meng Haai'' lo, ເມືອງຮາຍ) is a
county
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under the jurisdiction of
, in the far south of
Yunnan
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, China, bordering
Burma
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'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 principali ...
''.
Ethnic groups
In and around Menghai County, ethnic
Hani
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People
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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 () (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
*
Asian Highway Network
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AH3
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Southeast Asian issues
By mid ...
(alternative route) with a
border crossing
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into
Myanmar
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at Daluo. The town on the Myanmar side of the border is
Mong La where the road continues to
Kengtung
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Tea
Menghai is famous for its Bulang tea, a type of
pu-erh 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
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''. (2009-01-09)
External links
Menghai County Official Website
County-level divisions of Xishuangbanna Prefecture
China–Myanmar border crossings
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