Mengla County
Mengla County
勐腊县 | |
|---|---|
 Traffic in the town of Mengla | |
.png) Location of Mengla County (pink) within Xishuangbanna Prefecture (yellow) and Yunnan | |
| 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 | 0691[2] |
| Website | http://www.mlzf.yn.gov.cn/ |
| 1Yunnan Statistics Bureau [1] 2Xishuangbanna Gov. [2] 3Yunnan Portal [3] | |
Mengla County (simplified Chinese: 勐腊县; traditional Chinese: 猛臘縣; pinyin: Měnglà Xiàn) (Template:Lang-th) is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. Meng is as variation of Mueang.
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. [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.[4]
Climate
Mengla has a borderline tropical wet and dry climate and a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Aw and Cwa, respectively). The city has a generally humid climate 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 17.9 °C (64.2 °F), while the warmest is June, at 26.4 °C (79.5 °F); the annual mean is 23.1 °C (73.6 °F). However, high temperatures reach their peak in April before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean.
| Climate data for Mengla County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.4 (101.1) |
36.7 (98.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
38.4 (101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.5 (63.6) |
| 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) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.8 (0.70) |
21.4 (0.84) |
40.5 (1.59) |
98.5 (3.88) |
169.9 (6.69) |
211.6 (8.33) |
317.2 (12.49) |
307.1 (12.09) |
165.4 (6.51) |
91.8 (3.61) |
52.8 (2.08) |
26.7 (1.05) |
1,520.7 (59.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 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 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
Transport
- Nearest airport is Xishuangbanna Gasa
- China National Highway 213
- Asian Highway Network AH3
- Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
See also
References
- ^ http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/xzqhdm/index.htm
- ^ a b 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.