Longling County Explained

Longling County
Settlement Type:County
Mapsize:250px
Coordinates:24.6383°N 98.8397°W
Pushpin Map:China Yunnan
Pushpin Label:Longling
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Yunnan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Yunnan
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Baoshan City
Area Total Km2:2884
Population Total:270000
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:678300
Area Code:0875

Longling County is a county in Baoshan City, in the west of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south.

Its capital is the large community Longshan (Chinese: 龙山镇).

The site of the Songshan Battlefield (1944 during the Second Sino-Japanese War) has since 2006 been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China.

Administrative divisions

Longling County has 5 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township.[1]

5 towns
  • Longshan (Chinese: 龙山镇)
  • Zhen'an (Chinese: 镇安镇)
  • Mengnuo (Chinese: 勐糯镇)
  • Lameng (Chinese: 腊勐镇)
  • Xiangda (Chinese: 象达镇)
4 townships
  • Longjiang (Chinese: 龙江乡)
  • Bizhai (Chinese: 碧寨乡)
  • Longxin (Chinese: 龙新乡)
  • Pingda (Chinese: 平达乡)
1 ethnic township

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 国家统计局 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2021-12-07.