Mengban Township () is a township in

Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China. It borders Ning'er County to the east, Simao District and Ning'er County across Weiyuan and Xiaohei Rivers to the south ...

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 2020 census, it had a population of 24,400 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into eight villages: *Mengban () *Taiping () *Anle () *Baluo () *Qiangang () *Manghai () *Jinli () *Yanjiao ()

Geography

The township is situated at southwestern

. The township shares a border with

Banpo Township Banpo is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the Yellow River valley, east of present-day Xi'an, China. Discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, the site represents the first phase of the Yangshao culture () and features the remains of severa ...

and Qianliu Yi Ethnic Township to the west, Yongping Town to the north, and

Bi'an Township Bi'an Township () is a township in Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 23,279 and an area of . Administrative division As of 2016, the town is divided into sixteen villages: *Mengzhu () ...

to the east and south. The township is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , a frost-free period of 350 days and annual average sunshine hours in 2065 hours. The Lama Stream () and Mogan Stream (), both are tributaries of

Lancang River The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of wat ...

, flow through the township.

Economy

The main industries in and around the township are forestry and farming. Economic crops are mainly tea, sugarcane, and

flax Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, ''Linum usitatissimum'', in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. In 2022, France produced 75% of t ...

. The region also has an abundance of copper 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 2020, the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics () is a deputy-ministerial level agency directly under the State Council of China. Established in August 1952, the bureau is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of statistics c ...

estimates the township's population now to be 24,400.

References

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