| Menghai County | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | China Yunnan |
| Pushpin Label: | Menghai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Yunnan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Xishuangbanna |
| Subdivision Type3: | GB/T 2260 CODE[1] |
| Subdivision Name3: | 532822 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Menghai |
| Area Total Km2: | 5511 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 353720 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 21.9667°N 128°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 666200[3] |
| Area Code: | 0691 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cwa |
| Footnotes: | 1Yunnan Statistics Bureau http://www.stats.yn.gov.cn/ 2Xishuangbanna Gov. http://www.xsbn.gov.cn/ 3Yunnan Portal http://www.yn.gov.cn/ |
Menghai County (; Tai Lue: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦣᦻ ᦶᦉᧃᧈ Meng Haai; Lao: ເມືອງຮາຍ) is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of Yunnan, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the southwest. Meng is as variation of Mueang.
In and around Menghai County, ethnic Hani subgroups include:[4]
Menghai County has 6 towns 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships.[7]
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Menghai is famous for its Bulang tea, a type of pu-erh grown in the Bulang Mountain area and its environs. Famous plantations include Laoman'e, Xinbanzhang and Laobanzhang.