Mengzi
蒙自市 · Maoqziif Siif | |
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South Lake Bisezhai Station Yingzhou Pavilion Xin'ansuo Ancient Buildings | |
Coordinates (Mengzi City government): 23°23′46″N 103°21′54″E / 23.3961°N 103.3649°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Yunnan |
Autonomous prefecture | Honghe |
Municipal seat | Guanlan Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 2,172 km2 (839 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 585,976 |
• Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 661100 |
Area code | 0873 |
Climate | Cwa |
Website | www |
Mengzi (Chinese: 蒙自; pinyin: Méngzì; Hani: Maoqziif Siif) is a city in the southeast of Yunnan Province, China.[2] Administratively, it is a county-level city and the prefectural capital of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located about 243 kilometres (151 mi) southeast from Kunming, and 400 kilometres northwest from Hanoi, Vietnam.[3] It is situated in the centre of a fertile valley basin on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau[2] 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) above the sea level and was home to about 590,300 inhabitants as of 2021 census.[4] Mengzi was formerly Mengzi County (蒙自县) until October 2010, when it was upgraded to a county-level city.[5] Mengzi is the core area of South Yunnan Central City Cluster, which is officially regarded as the political, economic, cultural, and military centre of South Yunnan.