Where is Mengzi?

Mengzi city is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

Mengzi city is the county-level city and capital of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. It is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, east of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, east of wenshan city, south of Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, west of Gejiu City and north of kaiyuan city, between 23 01'-23 34' north latitude and 0/03 6544 east longitude.

Mengzi city has a history of human reproduction for tens of thousands of years and a history of establishing a county for more than 265,438+000 years. It is one of the few thousand-year-old counties in Yunnan, an important birthplace of Yunnan civilization and the birthplace of Yunnan's opening to the outside world. The first private railway in China, the first customs office in Yunnan, the first foreign-funded bank and many other firsts were born here, and it has a "century-old Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, a century-old port opening and a century-old rice noodle crossing bridge".

Topography of mengzi city

The landform of mengzi city is composed of basins, mountains and karst, and the terrain is generally high in the north and low in the south. The watershed between the Red River and Nanpanjiang River extends from Liangzishan in the northeast to Quzuipo in the southwest through Longgutang in the middle, obliquely spanning the whole territory, forming the highest ridge in China. The altitude is generally above 1800 meters, and the terrain on both sides of the watershed gradually decreases. The north side is a fault basin with flat terrain, which is divided into three small basins: Mengziba, Caoba and Datunba.

The altitude of this city is between1276-1300m. On the south side, it gradually descends step by step, and then descends to a deep valley of about 200 meters at an altitude of about 1000 meters. Its lowest point, Qingshui River in Lengquan Town, is 146 meters above sea level, which is the lowest point in China. The mountains on both sides of the northeast watershed are all above 1800 meters above sea level, and its highest point is Laozhai Daheishan, with an altitude of 2567.8 meters, which is the highest point in China.

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