Introduction to Mengding Town

Mengding Town is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, between 98°53′ to 99°15′ east longitude and 23°27′ to 23°40′ north latitude, with a total area of ??1101.06 square kilometers (including dam The district covers an area of ??98 square kilometers) and the cultivated land area is 102,300 acres. As of 2007, it has jurisdiction over 23 village committees, 273 villager groups, and a state-owned farm. The total population is 100,000. The town is inhabited by 23 ethnic groups including Dai, Han, Wa, Jingpo, and De'ang, of which 26,340 are Dai, accounting for 10% of the total population. With a rural population of 37,69,987, it is the main Dai township in Lincang City. "Mengding" means "the place where strings are played" in Dai language. The highest altitude is 2973 meters, the lowest altitude is 450 meters, the average altitude of the dam area is 511 meters, the average annual temperature is 21.7°C, and the average annual rainfall is 1600 mm. The planned area is 58.08 square kilometers, the urban area is 2.5 square kilometers, the permanent population in the urban planning area is 25,000, and the urbanization level is 41.6. The forest area is 65,604.74 hectares, with a coverage rate of 60.70, and a living tree reserve of 2,445,260 m. There are more than 60 kinds of wild animals, more than 340 kinds of birds, and more than 50 kinds of reptiles.