Mengla County
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Mengla County (Template:Zh; Tai Lue: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Mueang La; Template:Langx, Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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.[1]
- 8 Towns: Mengla (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Mengpeng (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Mengman (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Menglun (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Mohan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Mengban (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Guanlei (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and Yiwu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- 2 Ethnic Townships: Yi Xiangming (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and Yao Yaoqu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
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.[2]
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. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.[3]
Climate
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 Script error: No such module "convert"., while the warmest is June, at Script error: No such module "convert".; the annual mean is Script error: No such module "convert".. However, high temperatures reach their peak in April before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean.
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Transport
- Nearest airport is Xishuangbanna Gasa
- China National Highway 213
- Asian Highway Network AH3
- Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
- Yuxi–Mohan Railway
See also
References
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External links
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