Mengla County

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Mengla County (simplified Chinese: 勐腊县; traditional Chinese: 勐臘縣; pinyin: Měnglà Xiàn; Tai Lue: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦟᦱᧉ ᦶᦉᧃᧈ, Mueang La; Burmese: မိုးလား, Lao: ເມືອງລ້າ; Thai: เมืองล้า) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. Meng is a variation of Mueang.

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Mengla County
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Location of Mengla County (red) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan
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Mengla County
Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates (Mengla government): 21°27′32″N 101°33′50″E
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureXishuangbanna
GB/T 2260 CODE[1]532823
County seatMengla
Area
  Total
7,056 km2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
  Total
304,950
  Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
666300[3]
Area code0691[3]
Websitewww.ynml.gov.cn
1Yunnan Statistics Bureau
2Xishuangbanna Gov.
3Yunnan Portal
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Name

"Mongla", "Mengla" and "Meungla" are different romanizations of the same Tai word. Thus, to differentiate Mengla County in China and Mong La Township in Myanmar, the locals call the former Greater Mengla/Mongla while the latter Lesser Mongla/Mengla.

Administrative divisions

Mengla County has 8 towns and 2 townships.[4]

  • 8 Towns: Mengla (勐腊镇), Mengpeng (勐捧镇), Mengman (勐满镇), Menglun (勐仑镇), Mohan (磨憨镇), Mengban (勐伴镇), Guanlei (关累镇), and Yiwu (易武镇)
  • 2 Ethnic Townships: Yi Xiangming (象明彝族乡) and Yao Yaoqu (瑶区瑶族乡)

Biodiversity

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is located in Menglun in Mengla County, covering an area of more than 1000 ha. Over 13,000 species of tropical plants are preserved in its 35 living collections.[5]

The last Indochinese tiger in the wild in China is believed to have been killed near Mengla in 2009. The perpetrator is believed to have been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for this. [citation needed]

A tiny frog, Raorchestes menglaensis (known as the Zhishihe's bubble-nest frog or Mengla small treefrog) is only known from its type locality, Zhishihe in Mengla County.[6]

Climate

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Mengla has a humid subtropical climate with monsoonal influences (Köppen Cwa) closely bordering on the tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with strong monsoonal influences. Summer is long and there is virtually no "winter" as such; instead, there is a dry season (December-April) and wet season (May-October). The coolest month is December, averaging 18.9 °C (66.0 °F), while the warmest is June, at 26.9 °C (80.4 °F); the annual mean is 23.7 °C (74.7 °F). However, high temperatures reach their peak in April before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean.

More information Climate data for Mengla, elevation 633 m (2,077 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010), Month ...
Climate data for Mengla, elevation 633 m (2,077 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 32.1
(89.8)
34.3
(93.7)
37.0
(98.6)
37.5
(99.5)
39.9
(103.8)
36.7
(98.1)
35.3
(95.5)
35.0
(95.0)
34.1
(93.4)
33.9
(93.0)
32.3
(90.1)
30.3
(86.5)
39.9
(103.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1)
28.3
(82.9)
30.8
(87.4)
32.3
(90.1)
32.2
(90.0)
31.3
(88.3)
30.2
(86.4)
30.6
(87.1)
30.2
(86.4)
29.2
(84.6)
27.2
(81.0)
24.6
(76.3)
29.4
(84.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.7
(62.1)
18.1
(64.6)
20.8
(69.4)
23.5
(74.3)
25.1
(77.2)
25.7
(78.3)
25.2
(77.4)
25.0
(77.0)
24.5
(76.1)
22.8
(73.0)
19.7
(67.5)
16.8
(62.2)
22.0
(71.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 12.1
(53.8)
12.1
(53.8)
14.7
(58.5)
18.3
(64.9)
20.9
(69.6)
22.5
(72.5)
22.6
(72.7)
22.4
(72.3)
21.6
(70.9)
19.7
(67.5)
16.1
(61.0)
13.1
(55.6)
18.0
(64.4)
Record low °C (°F) 0.5
(32.9)
5.9
(42.6)
6.1
(43.0)
11.2
(52.2)
15.7
(60.3)
18.4
(65.1)
18.2
(64.8)
18.0
(64.4)
15.3
(59.5)
9.4
(48.9)
6.1
(43.0)
1.1
(34.0)
0.5
(32.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 25.3
(1.00)
19.1
(0.75)
54.4
(2.14)
101.0
(3.98)
157.3
(6.19)
195.5
(7.70)
323.4
(12.73)
313.9
(12.36)
157.9
(6.22)
78.9
(3.11)
43.9
(1.73)
31.6
(1.24)
1,502.2
(59.15)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.6 3.2 6.1 12.4 17.4 20.8 24.6 23.3 15.7 10.4 5.8 4.2 147.5
Average relative humidity (%) 83 76 75 77 80 83 86 87 85 84 85 85 82
Mean monthly sunshine hours 169.2 192.9 205.3 199.9 199.7 137.9 101.1 120.2 157.6 159.6 167.6 156.2 1,967.2
Percentage possible sunshine 50 60 55 53 49 34 25 30 43 45 51 47 45
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]
Source 2: Weather China[9]
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