Mengla County

Mengla County 勐腊县 · ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦟᦱᧉ ᦶᦉᧃᧈ
County
Traffic in the town of Mengla
Location of Mengla County (red) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan
Mengla County Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates (Mengla government): 21°27′32″N 101°33′50″E
Country	China
Province	Yunnan
Autonomous prefecture	Xishuangbanna
GB/T 2260 CODE[1]	532823
County seat	Mengla
Area
• Total	7,056 km^2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Total	304,950
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	666300[3]
Area code	0691[3]
Website	www.ynml.gov.cn
^1Yunnan Statistics Bureau [1] ^2Xishuangbanna Gov. [2] ^3Yunnan Portal [3]

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.

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

Mengla has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) bordering on a 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 18.4 °C (65.1 °F), while the warmest is June, at 26.7 °C (80.1 °F); the annual mean is 23.4 °C (74.1 °F). However, high temperatures reach their peak in April before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean.

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
Percent 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]

Transport

• Nearest airport is Xishuangbanna Gasa
• China National Highway 213
• Asian Highway Network AH3
• Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
• Yuxi–Mohan Railway

See also

• Mong La
• Muang La
• Muong La

References

1. "中华人民共和国国家统计局 >> 行政区划代码". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
2. "西双版纳州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xishuangbanna Prefecture. 2021-05-18.
3. "Area Code and Postal Code in Yunnan Province". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
4. "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
5. "Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden". Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
6. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Raorchestes menglaensis (Kou, 1990)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
7. 1991-2020 normals "Climate averages from 1991 to 2020". China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17.
8. 1981-2010 extremes 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
9. 猛腊 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

• Mengla County Official Website