Mengla

Mengla is a county in Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in southern , China. Situated along the border with Laos and Myanmar, it is a gateway to the tropical landscapes and rich ethnic minority cultures of southwest China, featuring rainforest parks, rivers, botanical gardens, tea areas, and traditional Dai and other minority communities.
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  • Type: City with 305,000 residents
  • Description: county in Yunnan, China
  • Also known as: Meng-la Hsien” and “Mengla County

Mengla

Latitude
21.4619° or 21° 27′ 43″ north
Longitude
101.565° or 101° 33′ 54″ east
Population
305,000
Elevation
1,805 metres (5,922 feet)
Open location code
7PH3FH68+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469626059
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1800715
Wiki­data ID
Q1343654
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Mengla” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Mengla
  • Burmese: မိုးလားခရိုင်
  • Cebuano: Mengla Xian
  • Chinese: Béng-la̍p-koān
  • Chinese: 勐腊
  • Chinese: 勐腊县
  • Chinese: 勐臘
  • Chinese: 勐臘縣
  • Dutch: Mengla
  • French: Comte de Mengla
  • French: Comté de Mengla
  • French: Mengla
  • French: xian de Mengla
  • French: Xian de Mengla
  • Gan Chinese: 勐腊县
  • German: Mengla
  • Italian: Contea di Mengla
  • Japanese: モウ腊県
  • Japanese: モウ臘県
  • Japanese: モンラー
  • Japanese: 勐臘
  • Japanese: 勐臘県
  • Korean: 멍라현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Béng-la̍p-koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mengla
  • Norwegian: Mengla
  • Persian: شهرستان منگلا
  • Portuguese: Condado de Mengla
  • Russian: Мынла
  • Russian: Мэнла
  • Spanish: Mengla
  • Swedish: Mengla
  • Thai: เมงล่า
  • Thai: เมิ้งล่า
  • Thai: เมืองลา
  • Thai: เมืองล่า
  • Thai: เมืองล้า
  • Thai: เหมิ่งล่า
  • Thai: อำเภอเมืองล้า
  • Ukrainian: Менла
  • Urdu: مینگلا کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Mãnh Lạp
  • Wu Chinese: 勐腊县
  • Yue Chinese: 勐臘

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