Mengshan County

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postal_code	546700
website	www.gxmengshan.net (Chinese)
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|postal_code =546700 |area_code = |website = www.gxmengshan.net (Chinese) |footnotes = Mengshan County () is a county under the administration of Wuzhou City in northeastern Guangxi, China. Its seat is located in Mengshan Town.

History

Battles were fought in Mengshan during the Tai Ping Rebellion in 1851 and 1852.

Taiping soldiers captured the walled city of Yongan () (now Mengshan Town) from Qing forces on September 25, 1851. The remains of sections of wall, replica cannons, other artifacts are preserved and now form a tourist attraction on the northern end of Mengshan Town.

Administrative divisions

Mengshan County has nine fourth-level administrative units: six towns, one township and two Yao ethnic townships.

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District	Population (2000 census)	Area (km2)
Mengshan Town (蒙山镇; méng shān zhèn)	44,077	82.9
Xihe Town (西河镇; xī hé zhèn)	32,200	216
Xinwei Town (新圩镇; xīn wéi zhèn)	23,000	144
Wenwei Town (文圩镇; wén wéi zhèn)	34,000	143
Huangcun Town (黄村镇; huáng cūn zhèn)	22,000	239.8
Chentang Town (陈塘镇; chén táng zhèn)	21,828	152.29
Hanhao Township (汉豪乡; hàn háo xiāng)	12,175	106.37
Changping Yao Ethnic Township (长坪瑶族乡; cháng píng yáo zú xiāng)	2,889	131.8
Xiayi Yao Ethnic Township (夏宜瑶族乡; xià yí yáo zú xiāng)	6,011	117.4
Mengshan County	198,180	1333.56
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Activities

Tianshu Canyon () is located 5 kilometers east of Mengshan town. Tianshu Canyon has a has impressive stone formations and natural waterfalls. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Mengshan.JPG"] ::

Located 13 kilometers east of Mengshan Town is San Chong Historic Battle Ground () The site of a battle on April 8, 1852 during the Taiping Rebellion.

In Mengshan county in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution Cannibalism occurred. 500 people were killed in a five-day period in mid-June.

Many Middle Schools were closed in Mengshan in 1968 and remained closed until 1974.

Transportation

Mengshan does not have an airport or railway. The closest airports to Mengshan are Guilin Liangjiang International Airport and Wuzhou Airport. The main road which runs North-South through Mengshan is the G321 National Highway (). Mengshan town is 145 km by road south of Guilin, 82 km by road south of Yangshuo, and 187 km by road north of Wuzhou. The G321 is a single carriageway with 2 lanes.

There are direct bus services from Mengshan town to Guilin, Wuzhou and many cities in the Guangdong Pearl River Delta including Guangzhou and Zhongshan.

Economy

Although similar to Guilin and Yangshuo with attractive karst scenery, potential for outdoor activities, such as caving, rafting, climbing and mountain biking, Mengshan does not have any significant tourist industry or infrastructure.

Agriculture and Forestry are the main Industries in Mengshan. Rice is grown primarily for domestic consumption. Crops and fruit such as bitter tea, citrus fruit, apple, chestnut, pear, persimmon, passion fruit, star anise, sugar cane and ginger are grown for sale. Silkworms are also an important source of income for many villages. Vanilla is grown in Changping Yao Ethnic Township () and in other parts of Mengshan.

Tea is grown in most villages for domestic use, as well as for sale. Mengshan's climate is ideal for growing tea. Coffee mainly of the Arabica variety grows well in Mengshan county in frost free areas but planting is on small scale.

Mengshan has productive vineyards, and further vineyards are being developed.

Remittances from rural migrant workers significantly contribute to the local economy.

Notable people

• Liang Yusheng (1926–2009) a famous Chinese wuxia novelist who spent his early years in Wenwei Village (文圩村; wén wéi cūn) Mengshan.
• Chen Manyuan 陳漫遠(1911–1986) a member of the Central Committee of the CCP’s Eighth Congress (1956)

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Mengshan, elevation 182 m, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = 14.2 |Feb high C = 16.3 |Mar high C = 19.1 |Apr high C = 24.7 |May high C = 29.0 |Jun high C = 31.0 |Jul high C = 32.7 |Aug high C = 33.0 |Sep high C = 31.2 |Oct high C = 27.6 |Nov high C = 22.6 |Dec high C = 17.2 |Jan mean C = 10.0 |Feb mean C = 12.2 |Mar mean C = 15.2 |Apr mean C = 20.6 |May mean C = 24.4 |Jun mean C = 26.6 |Jul mean C = 27.7 |Aug mean C = 27.6 |Sep mean C = 25.7 |Oct mean C = 21.9 |Nov mean C = 17.0 |Dec mean C = 12.0 |Jan low C = 7.4 |Feb low C = 9.5 |Mar low C = 12.7 |Apr low C = 17.7 |May low C = 21.4 |Jun low C = 23.8 |Jul low C = 24.6 |Aug low C = 24.4 |Sep low C = 22.2 |Oct low C = 18.1 |Nov low C = 13.3 |Dec low C = 8.5 |Jan record high C = 27.1 |Jan record low C = -1.3 |Feb record high C = 31.1 |Feb record low C = -0.2 |Mar record high C = 33.1 |Mar record low C = 0.3 |Apr record high C = 33.7 |Apr record low C = 6.9 |May record high C = 34.9 |May record low C = 11.6 |Jun record high C = 36.7 |Jun record low C = 15.2 |Jul record high C = 40.2 |Jul record low C = 17.8 |Aug record high C = 39.0 |Aug record low C = 19.4 |Sep record high C = 38.7 |Sep record low C = 14.2 |Oct record high C = 35.7 |Oct record low C = 7.0 |Nov record high C = 32.8 |Nov record low C = 2.4 |Dec record high C = 29.0 |Dec record low C = -2.9 |year high C= |year low C= |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 70.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 58.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 124.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 176.4 |May precipitation mm = 286.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 398.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 258.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 193.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 97.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 66.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 68.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 48.8 |Jan humidity = 77 |Feb humidity = 79 |Mar humidity = 83 |Apr humidity = 82 |May humidity = 82 |Jun humidity = 84 |Jul humidity = 82 |Aug humidity = 81 |Sep humidity = 78 |Oct humidity = 74 |Nov humidity = 74 |Dec humidity = 72 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 12.5 |Feb precipitation days = 12.8 |Mar precipitation days = 19.4 |Apr precipitation days = 18.3 |May precipitation days = 19.0 |Jun precipitation days = 21.1 |Jul precipitation days = 18.0 |Aug precipitation days = 15.8 |Sep precipitation days = 10.4 |Oct precipitation days = 7.1 |Nov precipitation days = 8.4 |Dec precipitation days = 9.0 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 64.2 |Feb sun = 52.4 |Mar sun = 44.7 |Apr sun = 75.0 |May sun = 111.2 |Jun sun = 119.2 |Jul sun = 175.9 |Aug sun = 183.8 |Sep sun = 165.8 |Oct sun = 166.0 |Nov sun = 130.0 |Dec sun = 112.7 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 19 | Feb percentsun = 16 | Mar percentsun = 12 | Apr percentsun = 20 | May percentsun = 27 | Jun percentsun = 29 | Jul percentsun = 42 | Aug percentsun = 46 | Sep percentsun = 45 | Oct percentsun = 47 | Nov percentsun = 40 | Dec percentsun = 34 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 0.3 |Feb snow days = 0.1 |Mar snow days = 0 |Apr snow days = 0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0 |Dec snow days = 0.2 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration

References

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