Menghai County (; Tai Lue: ''Meng Haai''; ) is a

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

under the jurisdiction of

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture Xishuangbanna, sometimes shortened to Banna, is one of the eight autonomous prefectures of Yunnan Province. The autonomous prefecture for Dai people is in the extreme south of Yunnan province, China, bordering both Myanmar and Laos. Xishuangbanna ...

, in the far south of

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, bordering

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

Shan State Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...

to the south and west. ''Meng'' is as variation of ''

Mueang Mueang ( Ahom: 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫; ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( ''mɯ́ang'', ), Möng ( Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''möeng''; ''móeng'', ), Meng ( zh, c=猛 or 勐) or Mường (Vietnamese) were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or princip ...

''.

Geography

Menghai is in the west of Xishuangbanna Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan. It borders

Jinghong Jinghong (; ; , , ; , ; , ; also formerly romanised as ''Chiang Hung'', ''Chengrung'', ''Cheng Hung'', Jeng Hung, ''Jinghung'', ''Keng Hung'', ''Kiang Hung'' and ''Muangjinghung'') is a city in and the seat of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefec ...

to the east, Simao District to the northeast,

Lancang 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) o ...

to the northwest and

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

(

) to the south and west.

Ethnic groups

In and around Menghai County, ethnic Hani subgroups include: *Jiuwei () (Dai exonym: Buli ; large population): villages include Nanzhong of Mengjing , Longnapa of Damenglong , and Baiya Menggun , Menghai County. *Jizuo () (small population): villages include Mengbozhai of Menghan * Muda () (also locally known as the Nanlin )

Administrative divisions

Menghai County has 6 towns, 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships. ;6 towns ;2 townships * Mengsong () * Mengwang () ;3 ethnic townships * Gelanghe Hani () * Bulangshan Bulang () * Xiding Hani and Bulang ()

Transport

*Nearest airport is Xishuangbanna Gasa * China National Highway 214 *

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AH3 (alternative route) with a

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into

at Daluo. The town on the Myanmar side of the border is Mong La where the road continues to Kengtung

Tea

Menghai is famous for its Bulang tea, a type of pu-erh grown in the Bulang Mountain area and its environs. Famous plantations include Laoman'e, Xinbanzhang and Laobanzhang.

Climate

References

External links

Menghai County Official Website
County-level divisions of Xishuangbanna Prefecture China–Myanmar border crossings {{Yunnan-geo-stub