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 .
5-590: "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. Mengla County has 8 towns and 2 townships . 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. The last Indochinese tiger in
10-510: 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-April) and wet season (May-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
15-692: The onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean. Mong La Township Mong La Township ( Shan : ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းလႃး , Burmese : မိုင်းလားမြို့နယ် ) is a subdivision of Kengtung District , Shan State , Myanmar . The area borders China and Laos . The principal town is Mong La . Sharing a border with China , the Mong La area is a center for the production and traffic of narcotics and illegal wildlife trade . It offers gambling and prostitution to Chinese tourists in an unregulated environment outside Myanmar government control. The Mong La region
20-579: 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. Mengla has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cwa ) bordering on
25-634: Was Special Region Number 4 of Shan before the new constitution (2008). It hosts the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) and its leader Lin Mingxian aka Sai Leun. It was the #815 War Zone of the former Communist Party of Burma (CPB). In 2008 the United Wa State Army (UWSA) strongly opposed the move to give away the adjacent area of Mong Pawk from its control because it serves as a link with its ally,
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