Manghai

Manghai Town 芒海镇
Town
The Government building of Manghai.
Location of the town region in Mangshi
24°07′03″N 98°19′04″E / 24.117449°N 98.317746°E / 24.117449; 98.317746
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture-level city	Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
County-level city	Mangshi
Area
• Total	105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	6,777
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	678401
Area code	0692

Manghai (simplified Chinese: 芒海镇; traditional Chinese: 芒海鎮; pinyin: Mánghǎi Zhèn) is a town in Mangshi, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 6,777 and an area of 105-square-kilometre (41 sq mi). It is surrounded by Zhefang Town on the northwest, Mengga Town and Dongshan Township on the east, and Myanmar on the south.^[1][2]

Administrative division

As of December 2015, the town is divided into 3 villages:

• Manghai (芒海村)
• Lüyin (吕尹村)
• Lainan (赖南村)

Geography

Climate

The town has a subtropical climate with an annual rainfall of 1,650-millimetre (65 in), a long sunshine time and an annual average temperature of 19.5 °C (67.1 °F). The highest elevation is 2,147-metre (7,044 ft) and the lowest is 870-metre (2,850 ft).

Economy

The economy is supported primarily by farming, ranching and frontier trade. The traditional industries are rice, tea, sugarcane, animal husbandry and tsao-ko. The emerging industries are walnut, coffee, macadamia nut and bamboo industry.^[1]

Education

• Manghai Nine-year School

Transportation

The National Highway G320 passes across the town.

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