Menghai County


Menghai County is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of Yunnan, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south and west. Meng is as variation of Mueang.

Geography

Menghai County is in the west of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan. It borders Jinghong to the east, Simao District to the northeast, Lancang County to the northwest and Myanmar to the south and west.

Ethnic groups

In and around Menghai County, ethnic Hani subgroups include:
  • Jiuwei : villages include Nanzhong 南中寨 of Mengjing 勐景, Longnapa 笼那帕寨 of Damenglong 大勐笼, and Baiya 拜牙村 Menggun 勐滚, Menghai County.
  • Jizuo : villages include Mengbozhai 勐波寨 of Menghan 勐罕村
  • '''Muda'''

    Administrative divisions

Menghai County has 6 towns, 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships.
;6 towns
  • Menghai
  • Daluo
  • Menghun
  • Mengzhe
  • Mengman
  • Meng'a
;2 townships
  • Mengsong
  • Mengwang
;3 ethnic townships
Menghai is famous for its Bulang tea, a type of pu-erh grown in the Bulang Mountain area and its environs. Famous plantations include Laoman'e, Xinbanzhang and Laobanzhang.

Climate