Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County () is an
autonomous county
Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name.
There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are ...
in the southwest of
Yunnan Province
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 ...
, China, bordering
Ximeng County to the north,
Lancang County to the north, northeast, and east, and
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 ...
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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 south and west. It is the westernmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there ...
of
Pu'er City
Pu'er is a prefecture-level city in southern Yunnan Province, China. The urban administrative center of Pu'er is Simao District, which is also the former name of the prefecture-level city itself. A major downturn in the price of tea in 2007 caus ...
Administrative divisions
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County comprises five towns and two townships.
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Jingxin ()
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Gongxin ()
Climate
See also
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Mong Lem
Mong Lem or Mönglem (also known as Meng-lian in Chinese; ) was a Shan state in of what is today the Menglian Dai- Lahu- Va Autonomous County of the Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan region, China. History
Mong Lem was one of the '' Koshanpye'' or "Nin ...
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Dai people
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Lahu people
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Va people
The Wa people ( Wa: Vāx; my, ဝလူမျိုး, ; ; th, ว้า) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanm ...
References
External links
Menglian County Official Site
County-level divisions of Pu'er City
Dai autonomous counties
Lahu autonomous counties
Wa autonomous counties
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