# Menghai County

Menghai County (Chinese: 勐海县; pinyin: Měnghǎi Xiàn; Tai Lue: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦣᦻ ᦶᦉᧃᧈ Meng Haai; Lao: ເມືອງຮາຍ) 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 southwest. Meng is as variation of Mueang.

## Ethnic groups

In and around Menghai County, ethnic Hani subgroups include:
* Jiuwei (鸠为) (Dai exonym: Buli 布里; large population): 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 (吉坐) (small population): villages include Mengbozhai 勐波寨 of Menghan 勐罕村
* Muda (木达) (also locally known as the Nanlin 南林)

## Administrative divisions

Menghai County has 6 towns 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships.

### 6 towns

| Menghai (勐海镇) Daluo (打洛镇) Menghun (勐混镇) | Mengzhe (勐遮镇) Mengman (勐满镇) Meng'a (勐阿镇) |

### 2 townships

* Mengsong (勐宋乡)
* Mengwang (勐往乡)

### 3 ethnic townships

* Gelanghe Hani (格朗和哈尼族乡)
* Bulangshan Bulang (布朗山布朗族乡)
* Xiding Hani and Bulang (西定哈尼族布朗族乡)

## Transport

* Nearest airport is Xishuangbanna Gasa
* China National Highway 214
* Asian Highway Network AH3 (alternative route) with a border crossing into Myanmar at Daluo. The town on the Myanmar side of the border is Mong La where the road continues to Kengtung

## Tea

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

Climate data for Menghai, elevation 1,223 m (4,012 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.2 (95.4) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 26.4 (79.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.0 (69.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 15.0 (59.0) | 20.3 (68.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 8.3 (46.9) | 14.3 (57.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 0.2 (32.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 1.3 (34.3) | −3.5 (25.7) | −3.5 (25.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.7 (0.81) | 11.7 (0.46) | 28.4 (1.12) | 58.1 (2.29) | 149.1 (5.87) | 187.4 (7.38) | 278.8 (10.98) | 268.9 (10.59) | 148.8 (5.86) | 112.5 (4.43) | 50.3 (1.98) | 26.2 (1.03) | 1,340.9 (52.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 17.9 | 23.1 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 164.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 69 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 220.5 | 227.0 | 229.1 | 218.6 | 193.8 | 122.9 | 87.8 | 106.3 | 125.2 | 132.7 | 162.9 | 175.9 | 2,002.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 70 | 61 | 57 | 47 | 30 | 21 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 49 | 53 | 46 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||