Mengzi City
Mengzi
蒙自市 · Maoqziif Siif | |
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South Lake Bisezhai Station Yingzhou Pavilion Xin'ansuo Ancient Buildings | |
Location of Mengzi City in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province | |
| 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) | |
• 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. 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.