Mengzi City

Mengzi
蒙自市 · Maoqziif Siif
South Lake
Bisezhai Station
Yingzhou Pavilion
Xin'ansuo Ancient Buildings
Location of Mengzi City in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province
Mengzi
Location in Yunnan
Mengzi
Mengzi (China)
Coordinates (Mengzi City government): 23°23′46″N 103°21′54″E / 23.3961°N 103.3649°E / 23.3961; 103.3649
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureHonghe
Municipal seatGuanlan Subdistrict
Area
  Total
2,172 km2 (839 sq mi)
Elevation
1,310 m (4,300 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Total
585,976
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
661100
Area code0873
ClimateCwa
Websitewww.hhmz.gov.cn

Mengzi (Chinese: 蒙自; pinyin: Méngzì; Hani: Maoqziif Siif) is a city in the southeast of Yunnan Province, China. 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. It is situated in the centre of a fertile valley basin on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) above the sea level and was home to about 590,300 inhabitants as of 2021 census. Mengzi was formerly Mengzi County (蒙自县) until October 2010, when it was upgraded to a county-level city. 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.

Mengzi City borders Wenshan City to the east, Gejiu, Pingbian County, Jinping County and Yuanyang County, Yunnan to the south, Gejiu to the west, and Kaiyuan, Yunnan and Yanshan County, Yunnan to the north.