Mengla County
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.
Mengla County
勐腊县 · ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦟᦱᧉ ᦶᦉᧃᧈ | |
|---|---|
 Traffic in the town of Mengla | |
.png.webp) Location of Mengla County (pink) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (yellow) 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 km2 (2,724 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • Total | 304,950 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 666300[3] |
| Area code | 0691[3] |
| Website | www |
| 1Yunnan Statistics Bureau 2Xishuangbanna Gov. 3Yunnan Portal | |
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
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.
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 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 23.4 °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 (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) |
| Average high °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) | 18.8 (65.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.7 (74.6) |
| Average low °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
References
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- "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.
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- "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.
- 1991-2020 normals "Climate averages from 1991 to 2020". China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17.
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