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 an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

, 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

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

(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 That same year, the 3rd District was revoked and it belonged to Xinya Township ().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 In 1953, Ningjiang County was revoked and Yakou District () was set up.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 animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also ...

. 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 in the north, in the east, Fazhanhe Hani Ethnic Township and

Menghai County Menghai County (; Tai Lue: ''Meng Haai''; ) is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of Yunnan, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south and west. ''Meng'' is as variation of ''Mue ...

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), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large ...

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of 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 stout, jointed, fib ...

natural rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Types of polyisoprene ...

Lanxangia tsaoko ''Lanxangia tsao-ko'', formerly ''Amomum tsao-ko'', and also known as red cardamom or Chinese black cardamom, is a ginger-like plant known in English by the transliterated Chinese name ( zh, c=, p=cǎoguǒ, s=, t=, poj=chháu-kó, j=cou2 gwo2). ...

, and

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of ...

. The region abounds with gold,

lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

, and

zinc Zinc is a chemical element; it has symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It 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 periodic tabl ...

Demographics

As of 2017, the

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estimates the town's population now to be 30,419.

Tourist attractions

Mengkuang Cliff Carvings of the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

(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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