Danjia Township () is a rural

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. It borders Mengsheng Town and Yanshuai Town in the north, Mengdong Town and Nuoliang Township in the west, Xuelin Township of Lancang Lahu Autonomous County in the east, and Mong Mau district of

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in the south. it had a population of 11,080 and an area of .

Name

The word Danjia is transliteration in

Wa language Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in ''Ethnologue'' are Parauk, the majority and standard form; Vo ( Zhen ...

. Dan means

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and Jia means

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History

In 1968 Danjia was renamed Danjia Commune and then renamed Xiangyang Commune in the next year. It reverted to its former name of Danjia Commune in 1971. In 1984, Danjia District was established. It was upgraded to a township in 1988. In April 2017, Anye Village was listed among the second batch of "Characteristic Villages of Ethnic Minorities in China" by the

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Administrative division

As of 2017, the township is divided into 6 villages: Danjia Village, Pajie Village, Yonggai Village, Anye Village, Gaduo Village, and Yongwu Village.

Geography

Mountains located adjacent to and visible from the townsite are: Mount Dahei (), Mount Andun (), and Mount Bangpen (). The highest point in the township is Mount Dahei which stands above sea level. The lowest point is Yongwu () which stands above sea level. . The Lameng River and Dongding River, both are tributaries of the

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, flow through the town. Dongding Reservoir is the largest body of water in the township.

Economy

The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and local industry.

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tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

blueberry Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' with the genus ''Vaccinium''. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) ...

cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet '' Prunus avium'' and the sour '' Prunus cerasus''. The na ...

and

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are the main cash crops.

Education

The town has one middle school and nine primary schools.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Danjia Township Divisions of Cangyuan Va Autonomous County