Manlai

Manlai Town 曼来镇
Town
Manlai Town Location in Yunnan.
Coordinates: 23°39′47″N 101°53′07″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture-level city	Yuxi
Autonomous county	Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County
Area
• Total	395.14 km^2 (152.56 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	31,580
• Density	80/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	653300
Area code	0877

Manlai (simplified Chinese: 曼来镇; traditional Chinese: 曼來鎮; pinyin: Mànlái Zhèn) is a town in Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 31,580 and an area of 395.14-square-kilometre (152.56 sq mi).

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into one community and eleven villages:

• Manlai Community (曼来社区)
• Dong'e (东峨村)
• Nongchangtian (农场田村)
• Datianfang (大田房村)
• Xinguang (新光村)
• Hongqi (红旗村)
• Alongpu (阿龙浦村)
• Pingchang (平昌村)
• Nanxi (南溪村)
• Tuantian (团田村)
• Dangong (旦弓村)
• Hanjiazhai (韩家寨村)

History

In 2011, Dong'e Town (东峨镇), Yangchajie Township (羊岔街乡) and Hongguang Farm (红光农场) merged to form Manlai Town.

Geography

The town is situated at the northwestern Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County. It borders Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County in the north, Ganzhuang Subdistrict in the east, Lijiang Subdistrict in the south, and Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in the west.

The subdistrict experiences a subtropical monsoon humid climate, with an average annual temperature of 18 °C (64 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,400-millimetre (55 in).

Economy

The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and nearby mineral resources.[1] Economic crops are mainly sugarcane, tobacco, mango, and longan.[2] The region abounds with plaster stone, iron and gold.[2]

Transportation

The National Highway G213 passes across the town northeast to southwest.

References

1. Yan Zhongwu 2008, p. 27.
2. Yan Zhongwu 2008, p. 29.

Bibliography

• Yan Zhongwu, ed. (2008). "Administrative divisions" 行政区划. 《元江哈尼族彝族傣族自治县概况》 [General Situation of Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-105-08564-4.