Mengla County
| Mengla County 勐腊县 เมืองหล้า | |
|---|---|
| County | |
 Traffic in the town of Mengla | |
.png) Location of Mengla County (pink) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (yellow) and Yunnan | |
  Mengla County Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 21°28′N 101°35′E / 21.467°N 101.583°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Xishuangbanna |
| GB/T 2260 CODE[1] | 532823 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,056 km2 (2,724 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 194,360 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 666300[2] |
| Area code(s) | 0691[2] |
| Website | http://www.ynml.gov.cn/ |
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1Yunnan Statistics Bureau 2Xishuangbanna Gov. 3Yunnan Portal | |
Mengla County (simplified Chinese: 勐腊县; traditional Chinese: 猛臘縣; pinyin: Měnglà Xiàn; Thai: เมิ้งล่า, เมืองหล้า) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. Meng is a variation of Mueang.
Administrative divisions
Menglang County has eight towns and two townships.
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) Townships: Xiangming (象明彝族乡) and 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.[3]
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.
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.[4]
Climate
Mengla has 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 thru April) and wet season (May thru 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 23.43 °C (74.2 °F). However, high temperatures reach their peak in April before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean.
| Climate data for Mengla (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
37.9 (100.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.0 (95) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.9 (93) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
37.9 (100.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
28.9 (84) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
17.8 (64) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
6.1 (43) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.1 (34) |
1.1 (34) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.2 (0.638) |
21.7 (0.854) |
48.2 (1.898) |
96.3 (3.791) |
170.6 (6.717) |
198.8 (7.827) |
319.5 (12.579) |
309.1 (12.169) |
172.4 (6.787) |
87.7 (3.453) |
50.0 (1.969) |
22.4 (0.882) |
1,512.9 (59.564) |
| Average precipitation days | 5.5 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 12.9 | 18.5 | 22.1 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 16.5 | 12.0 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 159.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 83 |
| Source #1: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weather China (precipitation days 1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
Transport
See also
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- 1 2 Area Code and Postal Code in Yunnan Province
- ↑ "Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden". Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ↑ 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.
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mengla. |
Coordinates: 21°28′00″N 101°35′00″E / 21.4667°N 101.5833°E