Meitan () is a county of

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province, China. It is under the administration of the

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Zunyi Zunyi ( zh, s=遵义 , t=遵義 , p=Zūnyì) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north, also bordering Sichuan to t ...

. Meitan, located in the northern part of Guizhou Province, has a total area of . Meitan has a population of 480,000, 420,000 of which work in agriculture. It consists of 9 towns, 6 townships, 118 villages, and 14 communities. The average altitude of Meitan is . The forest coverage rate is 56.5%. Meitan is in the humid subtropical climate zone. The average temperature is . Meitan has four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, mild climate, 284 frost-free days each year, and an average annual rainfall of . The County of Meitan was established in 1601 (in Ming Dynasty). It was a base for the

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during the

Long March The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...

. Zhejiang University () held classes in Meitan for seven years during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

. Meitan has been producing tea since 1939 and is known nationally for its tea. Meitan is rich in agricultural resources and is a typical inland agricultural county. It is famous for its high-quality tea, rice, tobacco, rapeseed, corn, wheat, sericulture, and Chinese herbal medicine. Meitan is known as "The County of Tobacco", "Home of Chinese Liquor", "Tea City", and "The Granary". Meitan is the largest tea-producing county in Guizhou. Meitan has 20.5 mu (1367 sq kilometers) of tea fields with an annual output of 400 million yuan. Guizhou Meitan Southwest Tea City is the tea market appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture located in the south part of the county. It is the largest Tea distributing center in Northern Guizhou. Meitan's "Mao Gong" high-quality rice, known as "China's first rice", was awarded the gold medal in the National Quality Rice Exposition for five consecutive years from 2003 to 2007. Meitan produces 80,000 quintal high-quality tobacco annually and is the major producer for the

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, which produces " Chunghwa" and "Panda" cigarettes. Mae Wine received the only gold medal ever reward to white liquor in Leipzig International Fair in 1988. Meitan is also famous for its beautiful landscapes and natural scenery. There are provincial scenic areas "Mejiang Landscape Gallery", the country's largest contiguous tea fields "Western China Tea Sea," "The world's Largest Tea Pot" recorded in Guinness Book of World Records, the national agricultural tourism demonstration sites "Hetao Ba - Dragon & phoenix Tea Garden", the various karst topography "Hundred-Faced Water" and much more.

Administrative divisions

Meitan County is divided into 3

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and 12

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: ;subdistricts *Meijiang 湄江街道 *Huangjiaba 黄家坝街道 * Yuquan 鱼泉街道 ;towns *Yongxing 永兴镇 *Fuxing 复兴镇 *Mashan 马山镇 *Gaotai 高台镇 * Maoping 茅坪镇 *Xinglong 兴隆镇 *Xinnan 新南镇 *Shilian 石莲镇 * Chaole 抄乐镇 * Xima 洗马镇 *Xihe 西河镇 *Tiancheng 天城镇

Climate

References

Counties of Guizhou Administrative divisions of Zunyi {{Guizhou-geo-stub